From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jambunathan K Subject: Re: Enriched/Org is a colorful Org Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:13:46 +0530 Message-ID: <871uaiibel.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87a9p79gnv.fsf@gmail.com> <20130410095450.GA31506@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <83a9p69x0c.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56820) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPy8G-00083R-U7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:44:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPy8F-0000TB-Qh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:44:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <83a9p69x0c.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:21:55 +0300") 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@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Carsten Dominik Eli Zaretskii writes: > I beg the Org developers to please be very careful when introducing > expensive display features such as overlays into Org. Org already > puts the Emacs display engine to its limits in many of its popular > features; adding overlays to this mess might be too much. We shouldn't be afraid of building a prototype or release the feature with a warning "you are on your own". > I don't know enough about Org to understand why overlays are being > considered instead of text properties, but feel free to describe the > issues (preferably on emacs-devel) and start a discussion about the > possible alternatives. >From Org side of things, it is the rigidity of Org syntax wrt emphasis etc. From user side of things, an ability to color code his notes (and possibly create an exported document that retains those highlights.) The intention is to really keep the discussion moving and see what comes out of it.