Re: [PATCH] Add mode for automatically unhiding emphasis markers in the current region

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Shankar Rao <shankar.rao@gmail.com> writes:

> I agree that if org-emphasize handled marker visibility states in a DWIM
> fashion, then a user should not need to display them, but why do you
> believe they shouldn't have the opportunity, especially given that this is
> the exact behavior of prettify-symbols-mode?

I wrote my message in a hurry. Let me clarify it.

I'm only talking about built-in tooling. I don't mind if a user have the
feature you're proposing, of course, as it is not wrong per se.

However, I believe that's not the best solution for the problem we're
trying to solve. I think there's an opportunity to provide something
smarter, and less intrusive, to handle emphasis, which doesn't involve
messing with `post-command-hook'.

> Could you walk me through, in your proposed DWIM system, how a user should
> be able to remove or change emphasis markers after they are rendered and
> hidden?

Like in a word processor, you don't need to see the markers to operate
on them. I don't think the usual "toggle" model is appropriate, however.
I suggest to use two commands: one for deleting the markers around point
or within active region, and one for inserting markers or extending
existing ones.

Allow me to polish up my draft a bit, so we can compare the benefits of
each system.

Regards,
-- 
Nicolas Goaziou