From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: Marking/highlighting text temporarily Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:13:01 +0800 Message-ID: <871tjaxama.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60561) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlXnm-0005ZU-6N for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 03:13:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlXni-0005PZ-U1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 03:13:30 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:40012) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlXni-0005Nd-Mz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 03:13:26 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YlXnV-0007qB-M4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:13:14 +0200 Received: from 123.123.16.93 ([123.123.16.93]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:13:13 +0200 Received: from eric by 123.123.16.93 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:13:13 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Vikas Rawal writes: > I am revising a long book manuscript, and would like to mark parts of text (not just the headlines) just to remind myself that these need to be dealt with. > > What could be an the easy way of doing it? I use footnotes for this sort of thing, but don't find it very ideal. I've occasionally thought of a link type that operates more like the comment feature of Word Processors That Shall Not Be Named. So you'd do the following: Aliquam erat volutpat. Nunc eleifend leo vitae magna. In id erat non orci commodo lobortis. Proin neque massa, cursus ut, gravida ut, lobortis eget, lacus. [[Sed diam. Praesent fermentum tempor tellus. Nullam tempus. Mauris ac felis vel velit tristique imperdiet. Donec at pede. Etiam vel neque nec dui dignissim bibendum.]][#:I hear all this isn't really Latin, but who am I to say?]] Vivamus id enim. Phasellus neque orci, porta a, aliquet quis, semper a, massa. Phasellus purus. Pellentesque tristique imperdiet tortor. Nam euismod tellus id erat. I'm making up the "#:" syntax, but you see what I mean. The comment would disappear, the text would be highlighted somehow, and perhaps it could even be exported to a proper comment in ODT, and turned into a custom container/environment in other export backends. HTML tooltips, marginpars, etc. Just a thought. Eric