On 10 apr. 2013, at 13:20, "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com> wrote:
> Carsten Dominik wrote: >> On 10 apr. 2013, at 12:48, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@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+li...@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 > >
