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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Some projects
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:20:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lhap5yxx.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87wpub9jts.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr

Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'd like to see some features moving forward, and some important issues
> fixed, hopefully, in the next months. I'm sharing them here so that
> anyone interested can help.
>

[...]

> * Important fixes
>
> ** Cache
>
> The cache needs to be fixed. Its underlying implementation probably
> needs to be changed, too. At the moment, it uses an AVL tree, which
> isn't much tolerant and results in a freeze whenever the cache is
> corrupted. Shifting to text properties could improve the situation.

I think we'll have to leave this one to you!

[...]

> ** Find a solution for orgstruct minor mode
>
> Org struct is really different from Org. It prevents Org from using
> better algorithms for outline navigation (see discussion about
> `org-show-children' on this list).
>
> I think Org struct should be removed from "org.el" (and org-footnote
> ...) and added in its own library. It should also be built on top of
> Outline mode instead of Org mode. Org, OTOH, should remove dependencies
> on Outline mode and implement better navigation functions.
>
> I have the feeling that Org struct will need to be rewritten almost from
> scratch in the process.

I've tried more than once over the past couple of years to attack
orgstruct mode, and been defeated every time. Largely because
indentation/filling is so damn complicated (too many layers of
indirection for my little brain), and orgstruct added yet another layer
of indirection on top of that. I think a rewrite would not be a bad
thing, and would be happy to participate.

[...]

Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

[...]

> The full proposal was at
> <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/97468> but it didn't get
> much positive feedback. Therefore I suggested a simplified version, with
> a single author.

I may have been one of the lukewarm responders at the time, but now I
can't quite remember why. This looks good to me, and I'd like to pitch
in. I'm also +1 for inline annotations.

> Also, there is
>
>   https://github.com/girzel/org-annotate
>
> which is even simpler.

I'll be happy to rename/remove this repo when the time comes, to avoid
confusion!

The one thing I like about the package (indeed, it's what the bulk of
the code actually does) is the ability to "pop up" a single annotation's
text in a small, easily-dismissed special-mode buffer. Also, to display
all of a buffer's annotations in a tabulated-list pop-up buffer, where
you can easily jump to/edit/delete the various annotations.

Obviously Org footnotes (and future annotations) have jump there/jump
back capability, but for some reason I feel much more comfortable with
this style of browsing. If other people like this I could adapt the
existing code to work "on top of" footnotes and the future annotations
syntax, and that could be the whole point of the library. The base code
could remain entirely ignorant of the extra stuff.

------

These new features aside, is there any need to do any fundamental
refactoring? I mostly mean altering existing Org libraries to use the
element framework, stuff like that...

Eric

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-10-26 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-25 13:08 Some projects Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-25 14:43 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-25 16:11   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-25 15:45 ` Eric S Fraga
2015-10-25 16:16   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-25 16:18   ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-25 16:37     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-25 18:13       ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-25 18:24         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-25 17:57 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-10-25 18:00   ` Fabrice Popineau
2015-10-25 18:12     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-25 18:22       ` Eric S Fraga
2015-10-25 19:12         ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-25 19:11       ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-25 21:18         ` Anders Johansson
2015-10-25 21:29           ` Anders Johansson
2015-10-25 19:33       ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-10-25 20:00         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-25 20:17           ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-10-25 20:03         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-25 19:02 ` Rasmus
2015-10-25 19:20   ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-26  2:23   ` Matt Price
2015-10-25 20:24 ` Samuel Wales
2015-10-25 20:25   ` Samuel Wales
2015-10-25 23:03 ` Aaron Ecay
2015-10-26  8:13   ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-26  9:20     ` Rasmus
2015-10-26 16:39   ` Richard Lawrence
2015-10-26 18:17     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-26 22:23       ` Richard Lawrence
2015-10-27  0:03         ` Matt Price
2015-10-27 12:01     ` Aaron Ecay
2015-10-27 12:34       ` Rasmus
2015-10-27 13:03         ` Aaron Ecay
2015-10-27 13:51           ` Rasmus
2015-10-28  1:05             ` Matt Price
2015-10-28  3:28               ` Aldric Giacomoni
2015-10-28  3:31               ` Matt Lundin
2015-10-28 14:36                 ` Matt Price
2015-10-28 15:31                   ` Matt Price
2015-10-28  1:05           ` Matt Price
2015-10-27 13:19         ` Rainer M Krug
2015-10-27 13:42           ` Rasmus
2015-10-27 14:49             ` Ista Zahn
2015-10-27 15:09               ` Rasmus Pank Roulund
2015-10-27 15:25                 ` Ista Zahn
2015-10-27 15:36                 ` Rainer M Krug
2015-10-28  2:52                 ` Matt Lundin
2015-10-27 13:22         ` Richard Lawrence
2015-10-28  1:57   ` Matt Lundin
2015-10-28  8:56     ` Rasmus
2015-10-28  9:07       ` Rasmus
2015-10-26 17:20 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2015-10-27  8:30   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-27 18:53     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2015-10-27 19:23       ` Rasmus
2015-10-27 20:28         ` Eric Abrahamsen
2015-10-27 20:01       ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-27 21:53       ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-26 18:20 ` Kaushal Modi

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