From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ken Mankoff Subject: Re: FR: Fontify links even when in comments Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:46:19 -0500 Message-ID: References: <874mqc5spp.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33959) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YPyxU-0002ei-R8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:46:25 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YPyxS-0000md-4p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:46:24 -0500 Received: from mail-qc0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c01::232]:46817) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YPyxR-0000l0-SC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:46:22 -0500 Received: by qcxr5 with SMTP id r5so12942447qcx.13 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:46:21 -0800 (PST) In-reply-to: <874mqc5spp.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> 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: Nicolas Goaziou Cc: Org-mode Hi Nicolas, On 2015-02-23 at 14:32, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Ken Mankoff writes: > >> It would be nice to have an [[Org mode link]] >> >> # in a line that is [[commented]] and still >> >> be able to see that link. Currently, there is no visual >> indication that the link exists, although it still does work. > > It works as a convenience feature. However, I don't think we > should publicize it much, as a comment is first and foremost, > dead data. To me comments are mainly things that don't get exported. I don't know what you mean by "dead", but comments are certainly "data", and data is not dead. Their utility and data density is reduced if they can't contain links (or I can't see that the link is there, which is sort-of the same thing). When writing a document it is useful to leave informal notes to myself that say "see X" where X is an external file, or a section (or some code) elsewhere in this document, etc. This can be done with "#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE :exports none", or "**SECTION :noexport:", but both of those are awful hacks when a single line or a few words are all that is needed. -k.