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Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languag
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Christopher Dimech |
Subject: |
Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages |
Date: |
Mon, 10 May 2021 10:46:04 +0200 |
Do you know the possibilities for outline-minor-mode for texinfo files (.texi)?
What is the tag for entering headings?
Regards
Christopher
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2021 at 7:32 PM
> From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming
> languages
>
> * Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> [2021-05-10 09:53]:
> > Mainly catering for highligting, headlines and folding to start
> > with.
>
> Isn't that what outline-minor-mode is for?
>
> There are already other packages, I have been testing it, and they
> worked similar to outline-minor-mode and could fold things.
>
> How you want to designate headlines? It has to have some key
> string. Maybe with 5 ;;;;; on beginning?
>
> ;;;;; Headline
>
> Evaluate this, and you get highlighting of headlines:
> (highlight-regexp "^;;;;;.*$" 'hi-yellow)
>
> But I think you have to first play with:
> {M-x customize-group RET outline RET}
>
> as there is highlighting already included.
>
> For headings, I think each mode need different definition on what is
> heading.
>
> So you can define heading with `outline-heading-alist'
>
> outline-heading-alist is a variable defined in ‘outline.el’.
>
> Its value is nil
>
> Automatically becomes buffer-local when set.
>
> Alist associating a heading for every possible level.
> Each entry is of the form (HEADING . LEVEL).
> This alist is used two ways: to find the heading corresponding to
> a given level and to find the level of a given heading.
> If a mode or document needs several sets of outline headings (for example
> numbered and unnumbered sections), list them set by set and sorted by level
> within each set. For example in texinfo mode:
>
> (setq outline-heading-alist
> '(("@chapter" . 2) ("@section" . 3) ("@subsection" . 4)
> ("@subsubsection" . 5)
> ("@unnumbered" . 2) ("@unnumberedsec" . 3)
> ("@unnumberedsubsec" . 4) ("@unnumberedsubsubsec" . 5)
> ("@appendix" . 2) ("@appendixsec" . 3)...
> ("@appendixsubsec" . 4) ("@appendixsubsubsec" . 5) ..))
>
> Instead of sorting the entries in each set, you can also separate the
> sets with nil.
>
> You asked for:
>
> - highligting,
> - headlines; and
> - folding
>
> And I have demonstrated that more or less, that already exists in
> outline-minor-mode, play with highlighting options, folding already
> exists, and headings you may define yourself.
>
> Let us say I have this comment and I keep just one space after ;;;;
>
> ;;;; ⟦⟦ LIST FUNCTIONS ⟧⟧
>
> Folded text
>
> ;;;; ⟦⟦⟦ MORE LIST FUNCTIONS ⟧⟧⟧
>
> (setq outline-heading-alist
> '((";;;; ⟦" . 1) (";;;; ⟦⟦" . 2) (";;;; ⟦⟦⟦" . 3)))
>
> this appears to work on my side in Emacs Lisp mode, but not in
> fundamental. I can fold those headings and they remain visible.
>
> > > Like should I mark functions with TODO/DONE?
> >
> > No
>
> Those mentioned meta level features can look abstract to you, but they
> are very real to me so far. It leans to subject of literate
> programming, similar to programming by using Org Babel and embedded
> functions that are described and later interpolated into the
> script. Just that I can do that on the higher level rich attributes
> and references and relations to other functions. As humans we are so
> late with literate programming. That would help so many other people.
>
> > I suggest that outline-minor-mode be also refactored and revamped, as I have
> > seen much additional code on top of it (outline-magic, orgstruct,
> > outshine).
>
> For now, those features which you asked for, already exist, you may
> try customizations, you are just few minutes away from having
> highlighting, folding is already there, and defining headlines.
>
>
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> Jean
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- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, (continued)
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Jean Louis, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Jean Louis, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Jean Louis, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Jean Louis, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages,
Christopher Dimech <=
- outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Jean Louis, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/10
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/09
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/09
- Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Jean Louis, 2021/05/09
Re: outline-minor-mode and org-mode capabilities for programming languages, Stefan Monnier, 2021/05/09