From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: Marking/highlighting text temporarily Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:32:59 -0400 Message-ID: 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> <87r3r57zre.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32904) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnBFi-0006hd-4G for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:33:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnBFd-0004Bo-Ui for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:33:05 -0400 Received: from mail-qg0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::229]:35350) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnBFd-0004Bk-Qa for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:33:01 -0400 Received: by qgej70 with SMTP id j70so2377504qge.2 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:33:01 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <87r3r57zre.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> 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: Eric Abrahamsen Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Eric Abrahamsen writes: > 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? I think on github you can give others direct access, or respond to pull requests. Either way works. > > The hydra thing is interesting -- I wasn't aware of that package. Better > not to require it unconditionally though, right? You could make this conditional if hydra is installed. It is sufficiently simple that you could leave it out too. > > 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 -- 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