Hi Carsten, 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. :) -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.