Re: FR: Two column view enhancements

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

On Mar 25, 2008, at 11:30 PM, Daniel J. Sinder wrote:

> Two feature requests to make column view a little more polished:
>
> First, it would be nice if hl-line-mode, or something like it,  
> worked in column view.  If I've got my emacs frame filling my  
> physical screen and %ITEM in the left-most column, sometimes my eyes  
> need help with properties in the right-most column to see which item  
> they are paired with.

I cannot make hl-line work (I think), because the columns
are using overlays with display properties, and I believe
that this does not merge well with another overlay face.

But what you might want to do is to configure the face
org-column (M-x customize-face RET org-column RET)
and turn on the underline attribute.  Not sure if this helps, though.

> Second, sometimes my property values are too long to fit in the  
> column width I've allocated (e.g., %20NOTE).  I was thinking it  
> would be great if the entire value could be placed in the echo area  
> of emacs when I move the cursor into a "cell"?

That does get a bit noisy for my taste.  Is the "v" key not enough?   
If not maybe I can make this optionally.

- Carsten