Re: Marking/highlighting text temporarily

[John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>]

Eric Abrahamsen writes:

> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> I added some functions in the attachment. they colorize the comments,
>> add an org-comment menu to the org-menu, and some functions for pop to
>> and delete comments from the list mode, and a hydra for commands to
>> insert comments. Do you want to get this up on github to facilitate
>> developing it?
>
> Oh great! Thanks a lot. We are duplicating effort a bit here (but only a
> bit, I'd also written display/delete functions for the list buffer), so
> yes, it would be good to coordinate development.
>
> I suppose it depends a bit on where this is going to end up: I'm
> assuming either org/contrib/lisp, or else as an Elpa package. I don't
> see much difference, except in terms of accessibility to contributors --
> I don't have access to the Org repo, but putting it there might get more
> contributors on balance. As a package only I would have direct access.
> What do you think?

I think on github you can give others direct access, or respond to pull
requests. Either way works.

>
> The hydra thing is interesting -- I wasn't aware of that package. Better
> not to require it unconditionally though, right?

You could make this conditional if hydra is installed. It is
sufficiently simple that you could leave it out too.

>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
>> Eric Abrahamsen writes:
>>
>>> Eric Abrahamsen
>>
>>
>>  <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> Vikas Rawal <vikaslists@agrarianresearch.org> writes:
>>>>
>>>>>     On 25-Apr-2015, at 6:22 am, John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
>>>>>     wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     Inspired by this conversation, I hacked up this functional comment
>>>>>     link:
>>>>>
>>>>>     http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2015/04/24/Commenting-in-org-files/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     It has a custom link type that exports in html and latex, and when
>>>>>     you click on it, it asks if you want to delete the comment.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nice. One small issue is that when I highlight a text and add comment
>>>>> to it, and then delete the comment, one space following the last word
>>>>> is removed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, it would be good to make the comment stand out in LaTeX (and
>>>>> other) exports, preferably by pushing it to the margin (so it does not
>>>>> move everything else).
>>>>
>>>> Hang on a bit, I'm wasting my afternoon expanding this...
>>>
>>> Okay, this is as far as I got today. I changed some behavior from John's
>>> implementation: when following the links, it seemed like displaying the
>>> comment text would be more useful than deleting it -- I think many of us
>>> have "delete-org-link" functions lying around. I also couldn't get the
>>> add-comment thing to work, as it complained when there was no region, so
>>> I changed how that works.
>>>
>>> Lastly, I spent most of my time learning how tabular list mode works,
>>> and haven't actually tested the export. Will save that for tomorrow.
>>> Otherwise, here's the introduction from the Commentary. Comments and
>>> suggestions very welcome!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Provides a new link type for Org that allows you to create comments
>>> on arbitrary chunks of text.  The link prefix is "comment:".
>>>
>>> Add comments with `org-comment-add-comment'.  Following the link
>>> will display the text of the comment in a pop-up buffer.  The
>>> buffer is in special-mode, hit "q" to dismiss it.
>>>
>>> Call `org-comment-display-comments' to see all comments in a buffer.
>>>
>>> See the `org-comment-[backend]-export-style' options for ways to
>>> format comments in export.
>>>
>>> TODO:
>>>
>>> 1. Better export customization options.
>>> 2. What does the ODT comment XML look like?
>>> 3. More functions in the display comment buffer: copy as
>>> kill... what else?
>>> 4. More functions in the comments list buffer, to display, pop to,
>>> delete, and edit comment text.
>>> 5. Is it possible to have multi-line filled tabular list items?
>>> Long comments are not very useful if you can't see the whole thing.
>>> 5. Allow multiple comment list buffers attached to different Org
>>> buffers.
>>> 6. Maybe a minor mode for ease of manipulating comments?
>>
>> --
>> Professor John Kitchin
>> Doherty Hall A207F
>> Department of Chemical Engineering
>> Carnegie Mellon University
>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>> 412-268-7803
>> @johnkitchin
>> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu

--
Professor John Kitchin
Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
@johnkitchin
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu