Re: Enriched/Org is a colorful Org

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

On 10 apr. 2013, at 13:20, "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> wrote:

> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>> On 10 apr. 2013, at 12:48, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> 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@gmail.com> 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---

Yes, this is definitely very useful, I do similar stuff for FIXME etc.

- Carsten


> 
> Best regards,
>  Seb
> 
> -- 
> Sebastien Vauban
> 
>