>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 13:29:38 +0100 >> From: cage >> >> Hi! >> >> I would like to see annotate.el >> >> https://github.com/bastibe/annotate.el >> >> included in NonGNU elpa > FWIW, I wish Emacs had in core a mode that would allow adding notes > (a.k.a. "annotations") to files, which (a) didn't use overlays that > display in the text area, but instead displayed the notes in the > margin and/or in tooltips; and (b) would save the notes of FILE into a > FILE.notes file, not into a single DB under the user's home directory. > I think it would be a very useful feature that every text-processing > package should have built-in. There is virtual-comment, that seems to come close to requirement b) but it uses overlays. The interesting part is that the package discusses other solutions, but alas, I think all use overlays The problem with all these solutions is that they are not very stable and soon or later the associated file .notes file gets corrupted.