From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: Marking/highlighting text temporarily Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:28:05 +0800 Message-ID: <87r3r57zre.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47622) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YmvG9-0007yx-Sb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:28:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YmvG4-0001RM-SH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:28:29 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:58319) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YmvG4-0001RI-LL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:28:24 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YmvG1-0004zc-8V for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 04:28:21 +0200 Received: from 221.218.164.193 ([221.218.164.193]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 04:28:21 +0200 Received: from eric by 221.218.164.193 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 04:28:21 +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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org John Kitchin writes: > Hi Eric, > > I added some functions in the attachment. they colorize the comments, > add an org-comment menu to the org-menu, and some functions for pop to > and delete comments from the list mode, and a hydra for commands to > insert comments. Do you want to get this up on github to facilitate > developing it? Oh great! Thanks a lot. We are duplicating effort a bit here (but only a bit, I'd also written display/delete functions for the list buffer), so yes, it would be good to coordinate development. I suppose it depends a bit on where this is going to end up: I'm assuming either org/contrib/lisp, or else as an Elpa package. I don't see much difference, except in terms of accessibility to contributors -- I don't have access to the Org repo, but putting it there might get more contributors on balance. As a package only I would have direct access. What do you think? The hydra thing is interesting -- I wasn't aware of that package. Better not to require it unconditionally though, right? Thanks, Eric > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> Eric Abrahamsen > > > writes: >> >>> Vikas Rawal writes: >>> >>>> On 25-Apr-2015, at 6:22 am, John Kitchin >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Inspired by this conversation, I hacked up this functional comment >>>> link: >>>> >>>> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2015/04/24/Commenting-in-org-files/ >>>> >>>> >>>> It has a custom link type that exports in html and latex, and when >>>> you click on it, it asks if you want to delete the comment. >>>> >>>> Nice. One small issue is that when I highlight a text and add comment >>>> to it, and then delete the comment, one space following the last word >>>> is removed. >>>> >>>> Also, it would be good to make the comment stand out in LaTeX (and >>>> other) exports, preferably by pushing it to the margin (so it does not >>>> move everything else). >>> >>> Hang on a bit, I'm wasting my afternoon expanding this... >> >> Okay, this is as far as I got today. I changed some behavior from John's >> implementation: when following the links, it seemed like displaying the >> comment text would be more useful than deleting it -- I think many of us >> have "delete-org-link" functions lying around. I also couldn't get the >> add-comment thing to work, as it complained when there was no region, so >> I changed how that works. >> >> Lastly, I spent most of my time learning how tabular list mode works, >> and haven't actually tested the export. Will save that for tomorrow. >> Otherwise, here's the introduction from the Commentary. Comments and >> suggestions very welcome! >> >> >> >> Provides a new link type for Org that allows you to create comments >> on arbitrary chunks of text. The link prefix is "comment:". >> >> Add comments with `org-comment-add-comment'. Following the link >> will display the text of the comment in a pop-up buffer. The >> buffer is in special-mode, hit "q" to dismiss it. >> >> Call `org-comment-display-comments' to see all comments in a buffer. >> >> See the `org-comment-[backend]-export-style' options for ways to >> format comments in export. >> >> TODO: >> >> 1. Better export customization options. >> 2. What does the ODT comment XML look like? >> 3. More functions in the display comment buffer: copy as >> kill... what else? >> 4. More functions in the comments list buffer, to display, pop to, >> delete, and edit comment text. >> 5. Is it possible to have multi-line filled tabular list items? >> Long comments are not very useful if you can't see the whole thing. >> 5. Allow multiple comment list buffers attached to different Org >> buffers. >> 6. Maybe a minor mode for ease of manipulating comments? > > -- > Professor John Kitchin > Doherty Hall A207F > Department of Chemical Engineering > Carnegie Mellon University > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > 412-268-7803 > @johnkitchin > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu