Re: Annotating Info Pages?

[thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com]

Sean Sieger <sean.sieger@gmail.com> writes:

> thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com writes:
>
>     ipa.el is for writing annotation in files and bookmarks to bookmark file
>     names or directory name.
>
> Um, you can Bookmark any point---in the strictest sense, mind you, you
> can have point return to its exact position with Bookmarks---not just to
> file or directory names.

AFAIK we can bookmark only files an dirs.
 
> _And_ Bookmarks' annotation functionality is
> way simple with `e' to edit the annotation of a bookmark and C-c C-c to
> save.

I am aware of this functionality.

>     So that's two things completely differents.
>
> I'm not really sure what you're trying to say Thierry.

What the OP want is writing personnal annotations  in the (info) file.
Not in the annotations of bookmark, like that you can keep reading your
file with your personnal annotations added in different places.

>     > Actually, I don't know much about either option.  I figured that
>     > Bookmarks would allow me to mark a spot and give it a name or some
>     > brief description so that I could get back to it quickly.  By
>     > annotating I mean writing extensive notes and attaching them to a
>     > given paragraph or word or something along those lines.  If I can do
>     > that with Bookmarks then that's a nice win.  Probably at some point
>     > today I'll read up on both.  I'll send out my decision for those who
>     > are interested.
>
>     So i i said above, bookmarks are not designed to do what you want.
>
> (info "(emacs) Bookmarks")

Eval it and try to bookmark it...

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