Re: Bug: org-emphasis-alist not fully applied [9.1.1 (9.1.1-1-g80cbf9-elpa @ x:/folder/user/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20170918/)]

[Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>]

Hello,

Jens Lange <jens.lange.de@gmail.com> writes:

> I understand the dilemma. But then I must ask for a format enhancment.
> Before crying out loud please read my argumentation. Why did I create my
> own "fancy" markers? Because there is no default way to recreate the
> "Textmarker-Experience" - or at least I couldn't find any. All default
> emphasis markers recreate what I would call the "Ballpoint-Experience".
> This puzzles me because marking text on a piece of paper is one of the most
> basic things. Do I have a point here or not?

I disagree. Note that I'm not crying out loud, either.

Textmarker-Experience is but a fancy way to emphasize some text. It
typographically has the same purpose as *bold*, /italic/, _underscore_,
...

You can already tweak `org-emphasis-alist' to put, e.g., neon-yellow
over bold (or italic, underscole...) text if you want. Just change the
face associated to the marker.

The point is that Org is, by default, limited to a set of 4 markers (I'm
not counting the 2 verbatim markups), for good reasons. I still think
this is enough for most purposes. If you have special requirements,
e.g., 6 markers, both Org and Emacs provide other ways to add them. None
of them should be achieved by tweaking `org-emphasis-alist', though.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou