From: Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs org-mode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: suggestion: display of #+TITLE
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:21:32 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r5nhr9qr.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FF36789F-8897-44F0-805D-6403E8B58EE9@gmail.com> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:04:51 +0100")
Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mar 16, 2010, at 5:25 PM, Dan Davison wrote:
>
>> Might it be worth considering a special display for the #+title line
>> in
>> org buffers?
>>
>> Currently it is easy for the title to get buried among more technical
>> configuration lines like #+options, #+startup, #+seq_toto etc. One can
>> take the approach of leaving #+title at the top of the document, and
>> moving the other config lines elesewhere, but even so I am wondering
>> whether anyone else is attracted by the idea of providing an org-title
>> display property that would hide the #+title: component, and use an
>> appropriate face for the title text.
>>
>> In some ways, the current state gives the impression that the title is
>> something which becomes important during export, but is not really a
>> key
>> component of document when it is being viewed in emacs. For example, I
>> expect others are familiar with the experience of exporting an org
>> file
>> without a title, finding that the first heading has been used as a
>> title, and then going back to add in the title as an
>> afterthought. But a
>> title is an important part of a document, and I thought perhaps a
>> special title display would help to make the title more of a first
>> class
>> citizen in org buffers?
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> I agree. Maybe he same should be true for DATE and AUTHOR, maybe EMAIL?
>
> Would you like to make a patch for this, introducing a new face
> and applying it to these constructs?
OK, it's on my list.
Dan
>
> - Carsten
>
>
>
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-16 16:25 suggestion: display of #+TITLE Dan Davison
2010-03-18 6:04 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-03-18 14:21 ` Dan Davison [this message]
2010-03-22 1:36 ` Dan Davison
[not found] ` <877hp5i1wl.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk>
2010-03-24 14:52 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-03-24 20:22 ` Scot Becker
2010-03-26 3:34 ` Dan Davison
2010-03-27 21:34 ` Scot Becker
2010-03-28 2:52 ` Dan Davison
2010-03-28 7:36 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-03-30 2:04 ` Thomas S. Dye
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