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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-org list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Show presence of zero width spaces using overlay
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:11:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87twqrtou5.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFyQvY2tMm=-iG31gXG9dB5fu-k0GrrJkWBp2hfws=jEodbu5Q@mail.gmail.com> (Kaushal Modi's message of "Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:44:53 +0000")

Hello,

Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> writes:

> The suggestion to use zero width spaces to sort of "escape" stuff in org
> mode has come up many times. I have started using it a lot and suggest that
> to other people now.
>
> Here is one such recent QnA on emacs.SE:
> http://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/16702/115
>
> The OP of that question made a valid point that while using zero width
> spaces is convenient, it is not apparent where it has been used in the
> document.
>
> To resolve that, I am requesting a feature.
>
> Can the zero width spaces be optionally represented with something like a
> single space overlay with a colored background (like purple)?
>
> Making this officially part of org-mode will probably make more people make
> use of it.
>
> .. Or should people use zero width spaces?

Entities can be used to escape most Org syntax, e.g. 

  \ast{}shrug\ast

I see no compelling reason to treat zero width spaces specially.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2015-09-18 21:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-18 18:44 Show presence of zero width spaces using overlay Kaushal Modi
2015-09-18 21:11 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2015-09-18 22:39   ` Kaushal Modi
2015-09-19  1:47     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2015-09-19  4:07       ` Kaushal Modi
2015-09-19  4:11         ` Kaushal Modi
2015-09-19  6:15           ` Kaushal Modi
2015-09-19  7:22             ` Eric Abrahamsen
2015-09-19 13:46               ` Kaushal Modi
2015-09-19 11:37     ` Nicolas Goaziou
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-09-22 15:13 timor
2015-09-27  9:41 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-04-19  9:23   ` timor
2016-04-19 10:16     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-04-19 11:38 timor
2016-04-19 19:21 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-04-19 23:20   ` timor

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