From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: Marking/highlighting text temporarily Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:19:11 +0800 Message-ID: <87wq12vvrk.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <871tjaxama.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33762) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlXto-0007Ys-DP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 03:19:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlXtj-0007h1-As for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 03:19:44 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:40222) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlXtj-0007gh-3N for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 03:19:39 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YlXtZ-00059y-RI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:19:30 +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 09:19:29 +0200 Received: from eric by 123.123.16.93 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:19:29 +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 Eric Abrahamsen writes: > 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. Allow me to agree with myself further: I do a lot of translation, and handle temporary notes-to-self with footnotes. I'd much rather use the above syntax to wrap questionable passages and put the original text in the comment. That way I can even share it usefully with editors during the publishing process. That would probably mean ODT/Doc, but how sexy would it be to turn in a PDF with marginpar notes? E