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Re: Odd characters in the fast tags selection interface
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Hanno |
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Re: Odd characters in the fast tags selection interface |
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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
- Odd characters in the fast tags selection interface, Hanno, 2022/08/04
- Re: Odd characters in the fast tags selection interface, Ihor Radchenko, 2022/08/04
- Re: Odd characters in the fast tags selection interface,
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- Re: Odd characters in the fast tags selection interface, Ihor Radchenko, 2022/08/06
- [PATCH] org.el: Improve automatic fast tag selection keys (was: Odd characters in the fast tags selection interface), Hanno Perrey, 2022/08/07
- Re: [PATCH] org.el: Improve automatic fast tag selection keys (was: Odd characters in the fast tags selection interface), Christopher M. Miles, 2022/08/07
- Re: [PATCH] org.el: Improve automatic fast tag selection keys (was: Odd characters in the fast tags selection interface), Ihor Radchenko, 2022/08/08
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- [PATCH] org-fast-tag-selection: Make group tags separator not break alignment, Ihor Radchenko, 2022/08/08
- Re: [PATCH] org-fast-tag-selection: Make group tags separator not break alignment, Ihor Radchenko, 2022/08/22
- Re: Odd characters in the fast tags selection interface, Christopher M. Miles, 2022/08/07