Hello, Kaushal Modi <kaushal.m...@gmail.com> writes:
> The suggestion to use zero width spaces to sort of "escape" stuff in org > mode has come up many times. I have started using it a lot and suggest that > to other people now. > > Here is one such recent QnA on emacs.SE: > http://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/16702/115 > > The OP of that question made a valid point that while using zero width > spaces is convenient, it is not apparent where it has been used in the > document. > > To resolve that, I am requesting a feature. > > Can the zero width spaces be optionally represented with something like a > single space overlay with a colored background (like purple)? > > Making this officially part of org-mode will probably make more people make > use of it. > > .. Or should people use zero width spaces? Entities can be used to escape most Org syntax, e.g. \ast{}shrug\ast I see no compelling reason to treat zero width spaces specially. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou
