From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Sebastien Vauban" Subject: Re: Enriched/Org is a colorful Org Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:20:35 +0200 Message-ID: <86wqsabpj0.fsf@somewhere.org> References: <87a9p79gnv.fsf@gmail.com> <20130410095450.GA31506@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <20130410104802.GE27647@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: 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.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Carsten Dominik wrote: > On 10 apr. 2013, at 12:48, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:16:28PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote: >>> On 10 apr. 2013, at 11:54, Suvayu Ali wrote: >>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 09:32:44AM +0530, Jambunathan K wrote: >>>>> >>>>> See "Side note" towards the end of this message >>>>> >>>>> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=14157#8 >>>>> >>>> >>>> This request is common enough; every time it comes up overlays are >>>> proposed as a solution. It would be good if this is available even as a >>>> library outside of Org. >>> >>> Yes, overlays are better. However, maybe I am just no getting it, but >>> what is even the purpose of facemenu? AFAICS, the faces are >>> non-permanent, so when I save the file and reopen it, all the faces >>> are gone. I really cannot see a useful application for this. >> >> AFAIR, the use cases presented so far involved adding highlighting-like >> information in Org files. If the overlays are generated consistently >> based on the user's setup, it doesn't matter if they are non-permanent >> (as in not part of the Org file, but dependent on the Emacs setup >> instead). Of course this means the highlighting information will not be >> portable; but I don't think people mind that. >> >> I personally do not find any use for the feature as such; although it >> might be interesting to be able to insert plain text cookies in Org >> files and have them highlighted in some fashion. I could then use a >> list of ideas like this: >> >> Some topic ... >> 1. Idea 1 >> 2. Idea 2 (?) >> >> where I'm doubtful about idea (2); having (?) highlighted would remind >> me of that. Just an idea. > > Yes, this would make sense if the highlighting would be reestablished > automatically next time you visit the file. If not, it would be pretty > useless in my eyes. IIUC, I do use something similar: automatic highlighting of some words, hooked on the mode (so, permanent... for me). --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (defface lvn/highlight-face '((t (:weight normal :slant normal :box '(:line-width 1 :color "#CC0000") :foreground "#CC0000" :background "#FFFF88"))) "Face for making FIXME and other warnings stand out.") (defvar lvn/highlight-org-regexps "\\(FIXME\\|BUG\\|XXX\\|[Ee]rror\\|[Ww]arning\\|WARNING\\)" "Patterns to highlight (for Org mode only).") ;; set up highlighting of special patterns for Org mode only (dolist (mode '(org-mode)) (font-lock-add-keywords mode `((,lvn/highlight-org-regexps 1 'lvn/highlight-face prepend)))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban