From: Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Change visibility for bracket links
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:08:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87twchomel.fsf@gmx.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zim9oo2m.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (Nicolas Goaziou's message of "Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:32:01 +0200")
Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
> A "good writing experience" includes a "good editing experience", or so
> I think. I'm suggesting to solve some problems related to the latter,
> under certain circumstances I explained in my original post.
I agree there’s a problem, but I find the proposed solution potentially
annoying...
> The `org-link' face is not enough, as pointed out, because it's not
> a matter of making the links stand out in the buffer.
I see.
>> Clément suggestion of a using something akin to prettify symbols mode is
>> great, though. We could limit the length of the url being shown. It can
>> always be edited with e.g. "C-c ’" or, as currently, "C-c C-l".
>
> The problem is not really about editing the link itself, but editing
> around the link. The problem also arises for the text just before or
> just after the link. "C-c C-l" cannot help here.
It is a problem. It's also a problem with super/subscripts as pointed out
earlier.
> I cannot tell, however, if Clément's suggestion is good or not. This is
> why I'd like to see a mock of the result, if anyone wants to implement
> one.
Here’s a quick-and-dirty "mockup" in Emacs 25.1. It doesn’t work
properly, obviously, but try to move the cursor from left-to-right to get
a taste of what it could be like. Of course, the behavior could be
tweaked, e.g. characters displayed etc...
(progn
(setq prettify-symbols-alist
'(("[[https://www.very-long-links-that-might-be-obnoxious-when-exampned.org/][" . " ")
("]]" . " "))
prettify-symbols-unprettify-at-point 'right-edge)
(prettify-symbols-mode)
(insert "\ntext before [[https://www.very-long-links-that-might-be-obnoxious-when-exampned.org/][my description]] text after\n"))
Rasmus
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Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-05 15:40 [RFC] Change visibility for bracket links Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-05 15:46 ` Rainer M Krug
2016-10-05 16:46 ` Marco Wahl
2016-10-05 21:13 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-05 19:21 ` Detlef Steuer
[not found] ` <520C9DD6-7764-4B07-8E7A-FB42CC0CDF8A@dagertech.net>
2016-10-05 21:30 ` David A. Gershman
2016-10-05 22:26 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-06 0:16 ` David A. Gershman
2016-10-06 0:27 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-10-07 6:13 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-12 9:27 ` Rasmus
[not found] ` <e78992df838c44419e7893671dbe2adb@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com>
2016-10-06 7:38 ` Eric S Fraga
2016-10-06 14:53 ` William Denton
2016-10-08 2:38 ` Adam Porter
2016-10-08 3:50 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-10-08 4:00 ` Adam Porter
2016-10-10 14:17 ` Nick Dokos
2016-10-10 14:56 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-10-10 16:28 ` Nick Dokos
2016-10-14 20:00 ` Joost Kremers
2016-10-14 21:24 ` Thomas S. Dye
2016-10-12 7:10 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2016-10-12 10:37 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-12 10:40 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-12 17:36 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2016-10-13 12:07 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-13 12:28 ` Aaron Ecay
2016-10-13 12:35 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-13 13:20 ` Michael Brand
2016-10-13 18:23 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-13 17:46 ` Gregor Zattler
2016-10-13 22:05 ` [RFC] " Aaron Ecay
2016-10-13 17:31 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2016-10-13 18:33 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-13 19:11 ` William Denton
2016-10-12 9:23 ` Rasmus
2016-10-12 10:32 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-12 11:08 ` Rasmus [this message]
2016-10-12 12:21 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-12 12:47 ` Rasmus
2016-10-13 12:30 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-20 23:44 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-10-22 1:02 ` Stig Brautaset
2016-10-13 12:19 ` Rasmus
2016-10-13 16:13 ` Nick Dokos
2016-10-13 16:24 ` Rasmus
2016-10-13 16:43 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-10-13 17:18 ` Nick Dokos
2016-10-13 12:19 ` Rasmus
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