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From: "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Enriched/Org is a colorful Org
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:20:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86wqsabpj0.fsf@somewhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: D8BC09B4-7913-43F2-A7C2-F11EC9134A05@gmail.com

Carsten Dominik wrote:
> On 10 apr. 2013, at 12:48, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:16:28PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>> On 10 apr. 2013, at 11:54, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 09:32:44AM +0530, Jambunathan K wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> See "Side note" towards the end of this message
>>>>> 
>>>>>       http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=14157#8
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> This request is common enough; every time it comes up overlays are
>>>> proposed as a solution.  It would be good if this is available even as a
>>>> library outside of Org.
>>> 
>>> Yes, overlays are better.  However, maybe I am just no getting it, but
>>> what is even the purpose of facemenu?  AFAICS, the faces are
>>> non-permanent, so when I save the file and reopen it, all the faces
>>> are gone.  I really cannot see a useful application for this.
>> 
>> AFAIR, the use cases presented so far involved adding highlighting-like
>> information in Org files.  If the overlays are generated consistently
>> based on the user's setup, it doesn't matter if they are non-permanent
>> (as in not part of the Org file, but dependent on the Emacs setup
>> instead).  Of course this means the highlighting information will not be
>> portable; but I don't think people mind that.
>> 
>> I personally do not find any use for the feature as such; although it
>> might be interesting to be able to insert plain text cookies in Org
>> files and have them highlighted in some fashion.  I could then use a
>> list of ideas like this:
>> 
>>  Some topic ...
>>  1. Idea 1
>>  2. Idea 2 (?)
>> 
>> where I'm doubtful about idea (2); having (?) highlighted would remind
>> me of that.  Just an idea.
>
> Yes, this would make sense if the highlighting would be reestablished
> automatically next time you visit the file.  If not, it would be pretty
> useless in my eyes.

IIUC, I do use something similar: automatic highlighting of some words, hooked
on the mode (so, permanent... for me).

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
  (defface lvn/highlight-face
    '((t (:weight normal :slant normal :box '(:line-width 1 :color "#CC0000")
          :foreground "#CC0000" :background "#FFFF88")))
    "Face for making FIXME and other warnings stand out.")

  (defvar lvn/highlight-org-regexps
    "\\(FIXME\\|BUG\\|XXX\\|[Ee]rror\\|[Ww]arning\\|WARNING\\)"
    "Patterns to highlight (for Org mode only).")

  ;; set up highlighting of special patterns for Org mode only
  (dolist (mode '(org-mode))
    (font-lock-add-keywords mode
     `((,lvn/highlight-org-regexps 1 'lvn/highlight-face prepend))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sebastien Vauban

  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-10 11:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-10  4:02 Enriched/Org is a colorful Org Jambunathan K
2013-04-10  9:54 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-04-10 10:16   ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-10 10:39     ` Torsten Wagner
2013-04-10 10:48     ` Suvayu Ali
2013-04-10 10:53       ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-10 11:20         ` Sebastien Vauban [this message]
2013-04-10 11:26           ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-10 12:15           ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-10 11:57     ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-10 16:21     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-10 16:43       ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-10 17:13         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-10 19:58       ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-10 20:16         ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-04-11  2:58           ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-11 17:30             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-11 22:49               ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-12  6:41                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-12  7:13                   ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-12  8:31                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-12 10:56                       ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-12 11:49                         ` Torsten Wagner
2013-04-12 13:03                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-12 18:00                             ` Suvayu Ali
2013-04-12 18:38                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-13 10:50                                 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-04-12 12:36                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-13 12:24                           ` Sean O'Halpin
2013-04-13 14:38                             ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-13 15:01                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-12  8:35                     ` Bastien
2013-04-12 14:45                       ` François Pinard
2013-04-18 20:37                         ` Samuel Wales
2013-04-11 17:27         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-11 22:46           ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-10 12:12   ` Jambunathan K

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