Re: suggestion: display of #+TITLE

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

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?

- Carsten