My only worry on this front is that I know how to type "|" and "-" for tables, and how to type "*" for headings, but I don't have an easy way to type utf8 characters.
If Org-mode starts using exotic utf8 characters which can not easily be typed from outside of Org-mode then it loses some of the "it's all plain text" appeal. I agree with Darlan that something using Emacs display functionality (like used by org-pretty-entities) could be preferable because it would preserve the underlying text. Best -- Eric Darlan Cavalcante Moreira <darc...@gmail.com> writes: > If changing the actual character in the file is be the best option (maybe > it could cause problems for the exporters), then an approach similar to > org-pretty-entities could be used for this. > > -- > Darlan > > At Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:19:55 +0200, > Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Even though this announcement looks very cool, this again reminded me of >> something I've been thinking off when using orgmode. And that is the use of >> unicode characters. With the latest versions of emacs that support unicode >> and with rich fonts such as DejaVu Monospace, it is as easy to use unicode >> characters as ascii. What I was thinking of is that the current ascii >> graphics of e.g. tables could automatically be switched to box drawing >> characters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-drawing_characters) when >> pressing C-c or Tab. Other characters that could be used are automatic >> replacement of leading asterisks to various bullets. Each indentation level >> could be given a different bullets. E.g. "*"==▸, "**"==●, etc. I'm sure that >> arrows and various brackets may also be useful for various contexts. >> >> Of course the use of these characters would be configurable and would be >> turned off automatically for buffers that are not UTF-8 encoded. >> >> Perhaps I'll one day learn the inner workings of org-mode sufficiently to do >> this myself, but if there is someone who meanwhile wants to pick up the >> idea, you're welcome! >> >> Regards, >> Dov >> >> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 09:05, Nathan Neff <nathan.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Much easier to read, and I love the nesting/indenting of >> > sub-headings. >> > >> > http://nateneff.com/ - Need to understand >> > org-mode-clockreport-rules.html<http://nateneff.com/org-mode-clockreport-rules.html> >> > >> > --Nate >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
