From: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Cc: org mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>, John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: patch for custom colored links in org-mode
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 08:34:06 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2lh1p2me9.fsf@tsdye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87twgdxtfm.fsf@saiph.selenimh>
Nicolas Goaziou writes:
> Hello,
>
> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>> I tried this aproach to enable custom colored links in org-mode if an
>> org-link-type face is defined. If no face is applied, then it just gets
>> the default org-link face
>>
>> For example this will make all doi links red.
>>
>> (defface org-link-doi
>> `((t (:inherit org-link
>> :foreground "red")))
>> "Color for doi links.")
>>
>> It seems to work pretty well for me. What do you think about making this
>> a feature in org-mode?
>
> This sounds like a good idea. Thank you for submitting it.
>
> However, I'm not convinced by the UI, i.e., creating a face specifically
> named to trigger the feature. As a user, it doesn't seem very natural to
> me.
>
> At first I thought it was better to extend `org-add-link-type' with
> a FACE definition, but we wouldn't have caught default link types.
>
> So, maybe it is more reasonable to create a new variable, e.g.,
> `org-link-display-parameters', which would hold an alist between link
> types and property lists (or something else), e.g.,
>
> ("doi" :face my-special-face :display full)
> ("special" :display path)
>
> Note that :display is a way to include your other idea about link
> visibility. Default value for :face and :display would be, respectively,
> `org-link' and `description'.
>
> Of course, we can also create two variables, one for the face, the other
> for the visibility.
Great idea. Thanks to John and Nicolas for bringing it up.
A single variable seems sufficient to me and easier to configure.
All the best,
Tom
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-28 18:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-26 13:35 patch for custom colored links in org-mode John Kitchin
2016-06-27 12:52 ` Christian Wittern
2016-06-28 14:46 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-06-28 18:34 ` Thomas S. Dye [this message]
2016-06-28 19:23 ` Rasmus
2016-06-28 20:11 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-06-28 20:27 ` Rasmus
2016-06-28 20:44 ` John Kitchin
2016-07-01 23:23 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-07-06 11:25 ` Rasmus
2016-06-28 20:42 ` John Kitchin
2016-07-01 12:51 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-07-01 17:20 ` John Kitchin
2016-07-01 23:20 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-07-02 15:46 ` John Kitchin
2016-07-02 22:17 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-07-03 20:57 ` John Kitchin
2016-06-29 0:44 ` John Kitchin
2016-06-30 11:58 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-06-30 17:44 ` John Kitchin
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2016-07-02 0:51 John Kitchin
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