problem with utf8 todo keywords

problem with utf8 todo keywords

[harven]

Hi,

I use emacs 23.2.1 together with org 6.33.
I am trying to add the character ▶ as a todo keyword with no success.

Starting with emacs -Q, I execute the following 
code in the scratch buffer
(setq org-todo-keywords
'((sequence "\u25b6" "ok")
  (sequence "\u25b8" "ok")))
Then I open a simple .org file containing

* ▶ first
* ▸ second

Only the second keyword is highlighted. 
Why is it not the case with the first keyword ?

Thanks,
--
Harven

Re: problem with utf8 todo keywords

[Darlan Cavalcante Moreira]

This does not answer your question, but I remember a long time ago I saw
some screen-shots of org-mode where some keywords were changed to icons
(png images, I think). The screen-shots were pretty, but I don't know if
the project was further developed or not.

Here a thread about it
http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg14736.html

--
Darlan Cavalcante

At Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:56:46 +0200,
harven <harven@free.fr> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I use emacs 23.2.1 together with org 6.33.
> I am trying to add the character ▶ as a todo keyword with no success.
> 
> Starting with emacs -Q, I execute the following 
> code in the scratch buffer
> (setq org-todo-keywords
> '((sequence "\u25b6" "ok")
>   (sequence "\u25b8" "ok")))
> Then I open a simple .org file containing
> 
> * ▶ first
> * ▸ second
> 
> Only the second keyword is highlighted. 
> Why is it not the case with the first keyword ?
> 
> Thanks,
> --
> Harven
> 

Re: problem with utf8 todo keywords

[Carsten Dominik]

On 11.6.2011, at 20:56, harven wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I use emacs 23.2.1 together with org 6.33.
> I am trying to add the character ▶ as a todo keyword with no success.
> 
> Starting with emacs -Q, I execute the following 
> code in the scratch buffer
> (setq org-todo-keywords
> '((sequence "\u25b6" "ok")
>  (sequence "\u25b8" "ok")))
> Then I open a simple .org file containing
> 
> * ▶ first
> * ▸ second
> 
> Only the second keyword is highlighted. 
> Why is it not the case with the first keyword ?

Most likely this is because the second character has
syntax "word", while the first does not.  The regular expression
matching TODO words for font-lock expects the TODO keyword
to have word syntax (at least the first and last character of it).

Try this:

(add-hook 'org-mode-hook
   (lambda ()
     (modify-syntax-entry (string-to-char "\u25b6") "w")
     (modify-syntax-entry (string-to-char "\u25b8") "w")))


Matt, maybe this information could go into the FAQ?

- Carsten

Re: problem with utf8 todo keywords

[Bastien]

Hi Carsten,

Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:

> Try this:
>
> (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
>    (lambda ()
>      (modify-syntax-entry (string-to-char "\u25b6") "w")
>      (modify-syntax-entry (string-to-char "\u25b8") "w")))
>
>
> Matt, maybe this information could go into the FAQ?

Added -- the section is "Can I use a arbitrary character in a TODO
keyword?" 

Thanks for the tip,

-- 
 Bastien