This is perfect, thank you!

On Mon, 5 Dec 2022 at 09:13, William Denton <wtd@pobox.com> wrote:

> On 4 December 2022, Vikas Rawal wrote:
>
> > I frequently use orgmode macros -- like {{{M(Year 1998--99)}}} -- in
> tables
> > designed for latex export. I find that the macro syntax occupies many
> > character spaces. At the very least, 9 spaces are taken up even if my
> macro
> > shortcut is just one character long. This is very difficult with wide
> > tables as often the tables go off the screen just because of this.
> >
> > I was wondering if there is a simple way of making org display the macros
> > differently. That is, use some kind of overlay, and display the above
> macro
> > may be like M:Year 1998--99. Or some special character could be used to
> > denote that there is a macro underlying what is visible here.
>
> Is this close enough?
>
> (setq org-hide-macro-markers t)
>
> That hides the {{{macro}}} curly brackets (if there's no leading space).
>
> I also have this to toggle macro visibility in the document so I can see
> them
> when I want to:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (defun wtd/toggle-org-macro-markers ()
>    "Toggle visibility of {{{macro}}} markers"
>    (interactive)
>    (setq org-hide-macro-markers (not org-hide-macro-markers))
>    (font-lock-mode)
>    (font-lock-mode))
> #+end_src
>
> I think there's been some discussion about evaluating the macros and
> showing the
> result, but I don't think that's possible.
>
> Bill
>
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