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* Prose with markup needs more line spacing [legibility 5/6]
@ 2020-02-04  4:10 Texas Cyberthal
  2020-02-04  7:32 ` Adam Porter
  2020-02-10  7:07 ` Bastien
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Texas Cyberthal @ 2020-02-04  4:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

Code requires less line spacing. It has more whitespace, fewer capital
letters, and no markup such as underlining. Code is read differently
than prose; it requires less sequential scanning.

Prose has big blocks of text with taller capital letters that must be
scanned sequentially. The tall bits bump into lines above and below.
Org prose adds markup. Underlining and all-caps tags are common. This
requires a bit more line spacing for optimal legibility:

#+begin_src elisp
;; prose with markup needs more line spacing
(defun leo-space-lines ()
  (setq line-spacing 0.175))
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'leo-space-lines)
#+end_src

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* Re: Prose with markup needs more line spacing [legibility 5/6]
@ 2020-02-04 22:07 Texas Cyberthal
  2020-02-04 23:17 ` Samuel Wales
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Texas Cyberthal @ 2020-02-04 22:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

If someone is using optional packages that add markup such as
underlining to code, and the markup is so prevalent that he needs
extra line spacing, he is advanced enough to know how to adjust that.

Line spacing preference is idiosyncratic, and spacing varies by face
as well. I propose adding an Org customization settings to adjust
Org's line spacing, so that noobs can more easily achieve legibility.
Adding a function that hooks to Org is too complicated.

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