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From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: Oleh <ohwoeowho@gmail.com>
Cc: org mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Make ,* show up as * in babel blocks
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 16:52:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fvp5awqg.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA01p3o9j4WnYkVbhpVAkLNCxrYK1AX7iKo1omOCnWGTso3PvA@mail.gmail.com> (Oleh's message of "Mon, 23 Dec 2013 22:12:52 +0100")

Hi Oleh,

Oleh <ohwoeowho@gmail.com> writes:

> When a line of babel source code starts with leading star
> (also some other characters, see `org-unescape-code-in-string')
> org-mode auto-escapes it with a comma.
> I assume that there's no easy way not to add the comma.
> But I think it should be possible to fontify it as if it's not there.
>
> This comma is auto-removed for purposes of evaluation
> or when switching to native mode to edit a source block.
>
> The issue is that it's not removed when viewing the org-file.
>
> Small example to illustrate: J souce "*/ 2 2" displays as
>
> #+begin_src J
> ,*/ 2 2
> #+end_src
>
> I've found a work around:
>
> (defvar keyword-comma-star
>   '(("^\\(,\\*\\)" (1 (prog1 ()
>                     (compose-region (match-beginning 1)
>                                     (match-end 1)
>                                     ?*))))))
> (font-lock-add-keywords 'org-mode keyword-comma-star)

I think it's a good candidate for
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.html 
but the default should be to display the comma so that users
know it's here.

2 cents,

-- 
 Bastien

      reply	other threads:[~2014-01-03 15:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-23 21:12 Make ,* show up as * in babel blocks Oleh
2014-01-03 15:52 ` Bastien [this message]

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