James Thomas <jim...@gmx.net> writes:

>>> They're loaded on import and view/edit/add-able before re-exporting. A
>>> 'Save WIP' feature for writing to disk until then is on the TODO list.
>>
>> Are the comments also using Org markup? Or is it something more ad-hoc?
>
> The comments are separately stored in bookmark.el bookmarks. I'd briefly
> considered also using a fake backend like "@@comment:the annotation
> text@@" inline for it specifically for org, but preferred the former due
> to the easier sorting/browsing etc.; and I also didn't want to maintain
> the state in two places. But if you have better ideas, please tell me.

Well. My dream is to have native Org markup for comments. With
appropriate UI to view/edit them.

Maybe something based on footnotes.

> (If you're talking about markup within the comment text, that's
> obviously orthogonal to this)

I was talking about that too :)
If we have native markup for comments in Org, may as well allow the rest
of Org markup there.

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