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* pretty icons in org buffers
@ 2009-06-21 11:17 David O'Toole
  2009-06-21 17:53 ` Bastien
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  0 siblings, 3 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: David O'Toole @ 2009-06-21 11:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode


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I've been re-entering my life data into Orgmode after about a year of just
using a palm pilot. So I would like to contribute something to the org
community again. A while back I wrote some elisp code for displaying bitmap
icons as overlays in org buffers (screenshots at
http://dto.github.com/notebook/linkd.html )
As you can see I also drew a bunch of .xpm icons for emacs to display in the
buffers. I would be happy to contribute these icons and rework that 30 or 40
lines of overlay code back into a nice little org extension.
After a discussion on the #org-mode IRC channel, it seems like there might
be a demand for this. We have at least 2 people who want it. :)

What do people think of icons in org buffers? This could actually reduce
visual noise and increase comprehension. Think of priorities being colored
circles instead of [#A] [#B] [#C]. Or TODO and DONE and CANCELED being
represented by different checkboxy icons.

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• * Re: pretty icons in org buffers
    2009-06-21 11:17 pretty icons in org buffers David O'Toole
  @ 2009-06-21 17:53 ` Bastien
    2009-06-21 19:31 ` Eric S Fraga, Eric S Fraga
    2009-06-22 19:25 ` Jonathan Arkell
    2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
  From: Bastien @ 2009-06-21 17:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
    To: David O'Toole; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
  
  Hi David,
  
  "David O'Toole" <dto1138@gmail.com> writes:
  
  > What do people think of icons in org buffers? This could actually reduce
  > visual noise and increase comprehension. Think of priorities being colored
  > circles instead of [#A] [#B] [#C]. Or TODO and DONE and CANCELED being
  > represented by different checkboxy icons.
  
  I think I'm not a big fan of mixing text and images, but it's good to
  see you back in Org :)
  
  I guess many people don't feel like me and would be happy to try it.
  Please let us know.   
  
  If you want to send me a screenshot of an org-mode buffer with .xpm
  icons, I'd happily add it to the screenshots page here:
  
    http://orgmode.org/worg/org-screenshots.php
  
  Thanks!
  
  -- 
   Bastien
  
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• * pretty icons in org buffers
    2009-06-21 11:17 pretty icons in org buffers David O'Toole
    2009-06-21 17:53 ` Bastien
  @ 2009-06-21 19:31 ` Eric S Fraga, Eric S Fraga
    2009-06-21 23:15   ` Bastien
    2009-06-22 19:25 ` Jonathan Arkell
    2 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
  From: Eric S Fraga, Eric S Fraga @ 2009-06-21 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
    To: David O'Toole; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
  
  David O'Toole writes:
  > What do people think of icons in org buffers? This could actually reduce
  
  My own bias is less towards icons and more towards text.  Sorry.
  Obviously I don't mind at all if others like icons! ;-)
  
  Out of curiousity, does the use of icons require Emacs to be running
  in a windowing system?  I often use Emacs directly on the console (via
  screen).
  
  eric
  
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• • * Re: pretty icons in org buffers
      2009-06-21 19:31 ` Eric S Fraga, Eric S Fraga
    @ 2009-06-21 23:15   ` Bastien
      0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
    From: Bastien @ 2009-06-21 23:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
      To: e.fraga; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
    
    Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk>, Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk>
    writes:
    
    > Out of curiousity, does the use of icons require Emacs to be running
    > in a windowing system?  
    
    AFAIK it does.
    
    -- 
     Bastien
    
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• * RE: pretty icons in org buffers
    2009-06-21 11:17 pretty icons in org buffers David O'Toole
    2009-06-21 17:53 ` Bastien
    2009-06-21 19:31 ` Eric S Fraga, Eric S Fraga
  @ 2009-06-22 19:25 ` Jonathan Arkell
    2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
  From: Jonathan Arkell @ 2009-06-22 19:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
    To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
  
  Count me in as a Yes.  I think it would not only reduce the visual noise, but it would look slick, and make Org even more fun to work with.
  
  The biggest thing for me though, is that they should degrade gracefully.
  
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  From: emacs-orgmode-bounces+jonathana=criticalmass.com@gnu.org [mailto:emacs-orgmode-bounces+jonathana=criticalmass.com@gnu.org] On Behalf Of David O'Toole
  Sent: June 21, 2009 5:18 AM
  To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
  Subject: [Orgmode] pretty icons in org buffers
  
  I've been re-entering my life data into Orgmode after about a year of just using a palm pilot. So I would like to contribute something to the org community again. A while back I wrote some elisp code for displaying bitmap icons as overlays in org buffers (screenshots at http://dto.github.com/notebook/linkd.html )
  As you can see I also drew a bunch of .xpm icons for emacs to display in the buffers. I would be happy to contribute these icons and rework that 30 or 40 lines of overlay code back into a nice little org extension.
  After a discussion on the #org-mode IRC channel, it seems like there might be a demand for this. We have at least 2 people who want it. :)
  
  What do people think of icons in org buffers? This could actually reduce visual noise and increase comprehension. Think of priorities being colored circles instead of [#A] [#B] [#C]. Or TODO and DONE and CANCELED being represented by different checkboxy icons.
  
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