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Re: Odd characters in the fast tags selection interface


From: Hanno
Subject: Re: Odd characters in the fast tags selection interface
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:54:59 +0200

>> - after "a..z" runs out, '{', '|' and '}' are being used which seems
>>   reasonable -- but after that, I get '\200' and similar before reaching
>>   '©'...
>
>This is indeed true, but what can we do? There are only that many
>characters in the keyboard. We may instead start using two-key
>combinations for tags beyond #26, similar to org-capture. Patches are
>welcome!

Thanks for the fast reply and fully agreed! I would indeed argue that 
automatically generated keys are not useful beyond a certain number (N=26?) as 
they could change with new tags and thus are hard to memorize. And taking in >N 
random choices every time is hardly "fast select" anymore.

In fact, the docstring for =org-fast-tag-selection= says that only a-z would be 
automatically assigned. That sounds reasonable to me (otherwise one can define 
more keys via =org-tag-persistent-alist=). Maybe this is a bug after all? If 
more than 26 choices are desired, maybe A-Z (i.e. capital letters) could extend 
the list before more unusual characters?

What do you think?

I am not at my computer right now but could try to come up with a patch later.


>> - when defining my own keys, they are not displayed in the top; instead
>>   their characters are missing in the 'a'..'z' range leaving more room
>>   for odd and very difficult-to-type characters
>I think that it would make sense to have `org-tag-persistent-alist`
>staff being shown on top. Unless there are objections I can merge this
>trivial change.

Thanks, that already improves the usability a lot!

Thanks and cheers,
Hanno




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