Re: suggestion: display of #+TITLE

[Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk>]

Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mar 16, 2010, at 5:25 PM, Dan Davison wrote:
>
>> Might it be worth considering a special display for the #+title line
>> in
>> org buffers?
>>
>> Currently it is easy for the title to get buried among more technical
>> configuration lines like #+options, #+startup, #+seq_toto etc. One can
>> take the approach of leaving #+title at the top of the document, and
>> moving the other config lines elesewhere, but even so I am wondering
>> whether anyone else is attracted by the idea of providing an org-title
>> display property that would hide the #+title: component, and use an
>> appropriate face for the title text.
>>
>> In some ways, the current state gives the impression that the title is
>> something which becomes important during export, but is not really a
>> key
>> component of document when it is being viewed in emacs. For example, I
>> expect others are familiar with the experience of exporting an org
>> file
>> without a title, finding that the first heading has been used as a
>> title, and then going back to add in the title as an
>> afterthought. But a
>> title is an important part of a document, and I thought perhaps a
>> special title display would help to make the title more of a first
>> class
>> citizen in org buffers?
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> I agree.  Maybe he same should be true for DATE and AUTHOR, maybe EMAIL?
>
> Would you like to make a patch for this, introducing a new face
> and applying it to these constructs?

OK, it's on my list.

Dan

>
> - Carsten
>
>
>
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