From: David Cao <duhpster@gmail.com>
To: John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Special alignment in org-mode
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 02:56:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADvADoWg9THGqpUmUgFbVXYdSdejCQjmwTMaBT7kEmx1bW_AzA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2r3drrobq.fsf@Johns-MacBook-Air.local>
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Hi!
This solution works fairly well with the headers themselves, but the actual
content beneath the headers stays to the side of the buffer (as pictured:
http://i.imgur.com/nGv8XBI.png).
Would there be any way to fix this?
David
On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 9:47 AM John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
wrote:
> I think this does approximately what you want:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results none
> (require 'ov)
>
> (defun org-max-heading-depth ()
> "Get maximum depth of a heading."
> (let ((max-depth 0)
> depth)
> (org-map-entries (lambda ()
> (when (> (setq depth (car
> (org-heading-components))) max-depth)
> (setq max-depth depth))))
> max-depth))
>
>
> (defun org-right-align-overlay ()
> "Put an overlay on headline * to right align to maximum depth.
> Should be run while on the headline."
> (interactive)
> (let* ((diff (- (org-max-heading-depth) (car (org-heading-components))))
> ov)
> (while (and (setq ov (ov-at (match-beginning 1)))
> (overlay-get ov 'right-align))
> (delete-overlay ov))
>
> ;; (setq ov (make-overlay (line-beginning-position) (+ 1
> (line-beginning-position))))
> (setq ov (make-overlay (match-beginning 1) (+ 1 (match-beginning 1))))
> (overlay-put ov 'before-string (make-string diff ? ))
> (overlay-put ov 'right-align t)))
>
> (defun org-right-align-clear ()
> (interactive)
> (ov-clear 'right-align))
>
> (defun align-matcher (&optional limit)
> (while (re-search-forward org-heading-regexp limit t)
> (org-right-align-overlay)))
>
> (add-to-list 'org-font-lock-hook 'align-matcher)
> #+END_SRC
>
> Its only light tested, and may be slow on a long document because it is
> checking the maximum depth each time. You could set this to a constant,
> e.g. 8 if it is too slow.
>
> David Cao writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was wondering if there is any way to right-align the header indicators
> > while left-aligning the actual content. Unfortunately I haven't been able
> > to find any mention of such a feature online.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> > * My fancy org file
> > ** Header 2
> > Some content here
> > *** Header 3
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > David
>
>
> --
> Professor John Kitchin
> Doherty Hall A207F
> Department of Chemical Engineering
> Carnegie Mellon University
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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> @johnkitchin
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>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-28 2:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-27 5:01 Special alignment in org-mode David Cao
2016-04-27 16:47 ` John Kitchin
2016-04-28 2:56 ` David Cao [this message]
2016-04-28 17:34 ` Georgiy Tugai
2016-04-28 17:39 ` John Kitchin
2016-04-29 2:24 ` David Cao
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