From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasmus Subject: Re: Marking/highlighting text temporarily Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:31:33 +0200 Message-ID: <87383j5d5m.fsf@gmx.us> 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> <87r3r57zre.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87lhhb2uot.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87h9rz5kav.fsf@gmx.us> <87r3r3873i.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45569) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnR9m-0001ts-5v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:32:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnR9j-0004Ho-0y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:32:02 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:38598) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnR9i-0004Hi-QM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:31:58 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YnR9h-0006T6-GM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:31:57 +0200 Received: from ip-pool-137.iue.it ([192.167.90.137]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:31:57 +0200 Received: from rasmus by ip-pool-137.iue.it with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:31:57 +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 Hi Eric, Eric Abrahamsen writes: > *None* of the complexity is in the format itself: if you unloaded > org-comment, the comment links would be perfectly human-readable. All of > the complexity is in helper functions for manipulating them. I suppose > it would be possible to define some non-link syntax for them, but why do > that when the link syntax works perfectly well? Because [[comment:X][Y]] is displayed (by default) as "Y" which can be misleading as X and Y grow out of sync. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I see no point in "Y" for a comment. Further, nasty stuff is sometimes applied to X such as escaping spaces. In addition, export filters cannot easily be pointed to links (you'd have to make a check on the type of link), and you need a bit more hassle to map over them with org-element etc. Again, that's just my opinion so feel free to ignore it! > Ah, that's a good point. cl-lib isn't necessary, just convenient, and > could be removed. It's only a concern if you want to advocate for including this in Org 8.3. Cheers, Rasmus -- Tack, ni svenska vakttorn. Med plutonium tvingar vi dansken på knä!