From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Marking/highlighting text temporarily Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:32:25 +0100 Message-ID: <878ud9zwae.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <87a8xyrn39.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <87bnieufde.fsf@mbork.pl> <87zj5xewsp.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <87iockmyxy.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87bnicshhc.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87r3r57zre.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87lhhb2uot.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87oam7p6a7.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87mw1r865s.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <878udahabq.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87pp6m5qy4.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <877fsux7i5.fsf@gmx.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54959) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ynmhp-0004pk-VX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 07:32:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ynmhm-0002DN-Np for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 07:32:37 -0400 Received: from mail-am1on0132.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([157.56.112.132]:60288 helo=emea01-am1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ynmhm-0002Cg-FH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 07:32:34 -0400 In-Reply-To: <877fsux7i5.fsf@gmx.us> (rasmus@gmx.us's message of "Thu, 30 Apr 2015 11:58:26 +0200") 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: Rasmus Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Thursday, 30 Apr 2015 at 11:58, Rasmus wrote: [...] >> I've definitely wanted some sort of a track changes equivalent in Org, >> but we'd want to be careful about this. > > Isn't this the job of VC? I'm not sure how we can concisely represent all > the needed metadata? Something like I'm 100% with you on this. One of the most important aspects of org is that it is all text and existing and powerful revision control systems can be used with any org file. Let's not go down the "everything including the kitchen sink" approach as we'll do everything badly and nothing well (i.e. end up with an MS Word look-a-like...). Let's keep things simple. Anyway, that's my opinion. Obviously, nobody is going to force me to use org-annotate for tracking changes but my concern is feature creep leading to a mess... -- : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.50.1, Org release_8.3beta-1062-gce4e64