Re: [PATCH] Add mode for automatically unhiding emphasis markers in the current region

[Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>]

Hello,

Gustavo Barros <gusbrs.2016@gmail.com> writes:

> You have a good point here.  When I made the suggestion I was naively
> thinking the featured could be plugged/hooked somewhere in Org, when
> fontification is done.  But that's not really true, as the feature
> requires being run every time the point moves too.  So, as far as
> I can tell, it seems using post-command-hook is unavoidable, and if
> so, you are right in not wanting to add some load to it for everyone,
> regardless of whether they want this feature or not.  You and Kyle
> have me convinced here.

Sorry for being late to the party, but, IMO, this doesn't sound like
a right approach to the problem of invisible emphasis markers. A user
choosing to hide emphasis markers should not need to—or even be given
the opportunity to—display them in order to edit them efficiently.

I think we should upgrade `org-emphasize' command instead, so it handles
both marker visibility states in a DWIM, or in a word processor,
fashion. Indeed, since emphasis markers of a given type cannot be nested
in Org, the WIM part is usually easy to guess, according to the context,
i.e., the syntax at point, and the region. I have some draft lying
somewhere in that direction.

WDYT?

Regards,
-- 
Nicolas Goaziou