From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: D Subject: A new, "org-bullets"-like minor mode Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 16:49:08 +0100 Message-ID: <44f74f7f-2dfc-6ff1-235a-7f777eec737a@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51652) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ixv1S-0004AX-I8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2020 10:49:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ixv1R-0004gT-JN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2020 10:49:26 -0500 Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]:38671) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ixv1R-0004gA-DE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2020 10:49:25 -0500 Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E2942400FB for ; Sat, 1 Feb 2020 16:49:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 488z6F0xvpz9rxc for ; Sat, 1 Feb 2020 16:49:08 +0100 (CET) Content-Language: en-US List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi, in the past two weeks I have been working on a new org minor mode based on org-bullets. Much like org-bullets-mode, the new mode (dubbed "org-superstar-mode" for the time being) visually replaces headline stars with UTF8 bullets. However, while I took the code of org-bullets as an initial template, I have largely rewritten the code base for lots of additional features, including: * The ability to fully customize the look of plain list items as well. * Contextual sensitivity (meaning lists and headings are recognized semantically, so org-superstar-mode ignores false positives in for example SRC blocks) * level-dependent fontification for bullets * The ability to customize the look of leading stars, while respecting org-hide-leading-stars. However, since the mode still contains code snippets from org-bullets, I have tried to contact the original author (sabof) of the package in the hopes of getting an official approval before making the thing public. The problem with /that/ however is that the author has been inactive for several years now, with the package being maintained by Jonas Bernoulli, who I did not yet contact. So, before going any further, I wanted to first ask whether there is any community interest in such a package. As an addendum, an excerpt from the description of the yet-to-be package: ;; This package is heavily influenced by (and uses snippets from) the ;; popular package "org-bullets", created by sabof. It was made with ;; the goal of inheriting features the author liked about org-bullets ;; while being able to introduce compatibility-breaking changes to it. ;; It is largely rewritten, to the point of almost no function being ;; identical to it's org-bullets counterpart.