From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Darlan Cavalcante Moreira Subject: Re: Orgmode and Unicode characters Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:32:59 -0300 Message-ID: <4cfcf421.0e3f970a.5d5c.fffff5c2@mx.google.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37106 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PPc7s-0006aS-UE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:33:14 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PPc7o-0002j6-6v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:33:09 -0500 Received: from mail-gw0-f48.google.com ([74.125.83.48]:46476) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PPc7o-0002ik-45 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:33:08 -0500 Received: by gwaa20 with SMTP id a20so4023306gwa.35 for ; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:33:07 -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 If changing the actual character in the file is be the best option (maybe it could cause problems for the exporters), then an approach similar to org-pretty-entities could be used for this. -- Darlan At Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:19:55 +0200, Dov Grobgeld wrote: > > Even though this announcement looks very cool, this again reminded me of > something I've been thinking off when using orgmode. And that is the use of > unicode characters. With the latest versions of emacs that support unicode > and with rich fonts such as DejaVu Monospace, it is as easy to use unicode > characters as ascii. What I was thinking of is that the current ascii > graphics of e.g. tables could automatically be switched to box drawing > characters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-drawing_characters) when > pressing C-c or Tab. Other characters that could be used are automatic > replacement of leading asterisks to various bullets. Each indentation level > could be given a different bullets. E.g. "*"==▸, "**"==●, etc. I'm sure that > arrows and various brackets may also be useful for various contexts. > > Of course the use of these characters would be configurable and would be > turned off automatically for buffers that are not UTF-8 encoded. > > Perhaps I'll one day learn the inner workings of org-mode sufficiently to do > this myself, but if there is someone who meanwhile wants to pick up the > idea, you're welcome! > > Regards, > Dov > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 09:05, Nathan Neff wrote: > > > Much easier to read, and I love the nesting/indenting of > > sub-headings. > > > > http://nateneff.com/ - Need to understand org-mode-clockreport-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 > >