From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Orgmode and Unicode characters Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 15:51:40 +0100 Message-ID: <2E6056BD-7B42-40F5-88A9-BD40B7C89B0A@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48171 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PPcPq-0007uE-6z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:51:48 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PPcPn-0007rB-V0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:51:45 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f43.google.com ([209.85.215.43]:62667) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PPcPn-0007qN-Nr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:51:43 -0500 Received: by ewy22 with SMTP id 22so8242495ewy.30 for ; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:51:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Dov Grobgeld Cc: emacs-orgmode On Dec 6, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Dov Grobgeld wrote: > Even though this announcement looks very cool, What does "this announcement" refer to, Dov? - Carsten > this again reminded me of something I've been thinking off when =20 > using orgmode. And that is the use of unicode characters. With the =20 > latest versions of emacs that support unicode and with rich fonts =20 > such as DejaVu Monospace, it is as easy to use unicode characters as =20= > ascii. What I was thinking of is that the current ascii graphics of =20= > e.g. tables could automatically be switched to box drawing =20 > characters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-drawing_characters) =20 > when pressing C-c or Tab. Other characters that could be used are =20 > automatic replacement of leading asterisks to various bullets. Each =20= > indentation level could be given a different bullets. E.g. "*"=3D=3D=E2=96= =B8, =20 > "**"=3D=3D=E2=97=8F, etc. I'm sure that arrows and various brackets = may also be =20 > useful for various contexts. > > Of course the use of these characters would be configurable and =20 > would be turned off automatically for buffers that are not UTF-8 =20 > encoded. > > Perhaps I'll one day learn the inner workings of org-mode =20 > sufficiently to do this myself, but if there is someone who =20 > meanwhile wants to pick up the idea, you're welcome! > > Regards, > Dov > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 09:05, Nathan Neff =20 > wrote: > Much easier to read, and I love the nesting/indenting of > sub-headings. > > http://nateneff.com/ - Need to understand org-mode-clockreport-=20 > rules.html > > --Nate > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode - Carsten