The "WebChangesAlert" documentation indicates that whitespace is permitted prior to the colon that starts the topic name list:
three spaces * [
webname . ]
wikiName :
topics
However, the WebNotify.pm script does not actually allow whitespace in this location. The notification request either occurs on all topics (if an explicit e-mail address was specified) or none at all (if a WikiName was specified). This script should not be so sensitive to whitespace, particularly when the TWiki documentation includes and encourages whitespace.
It seems to me that a simple "\s*" in WebNotify's regular expressions prior to the colon would resolve this issue.
OK, that's reasonable.
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4.1.0 released
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