From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: Marking/highlighting text temporarily Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:14:09 -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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46712) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YmR9B-0007bp-H7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:19:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YmR4J-00059f-EB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:14:19 -0400 Received: from mail-qg0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22f]:36283) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YmR4J-00059a-AP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:14:15 -0400 Received: by qgeb100 with SMTP id b100so41792805qge.3 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:14:14 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <87bnicshhc.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 Very nice start! - make comment links a different color/face (e.g. https://github.com/jkitchin/org-ref/blob/master/org-ref.el#L360) otherwise, I think item 4 is the most important one on the todo list. We are writing lots of papers this year, so this will be a really helpful tool! 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