Re: off-topic. fyi: emacs email view does syntax highlighting of org-mode code blocks

[J.P.]

Corwin Brust <corwin@bru.st> writes:

> It would be pretty fun to hack something up that allows code snipets
> in chat to be font-locked.
>
> I think I'd do it by
> 1. detecting source and extracting it
> 2. finding the source type (if possible)
> 3. creating temp buffer and sett its major mode
> 4. flow the snippet (grabbed code) into the temp buffer

Does this accommodate languages for which line breaks are mandatory? If
so, I guess some encoding scheme would be necessary to convey line
endings (basically the inverse of what flow-fill.el provides) so that
<pre>-flowed formatting can be reconstituted on the recipient's end.
Perhaps some un-spoken-for control char in the lower ASCII range could
be borrowed for this purpose in a tr(1) style 1:1 swap.

Also, what about snippets spanning multiple messages?

> If it this did use overlays for additional fun we could buttonized the
> result.  For example using mouse-1 to pop the snippet that was clicked
> (back) into a temp buffer or M-<mouse-1> to get back what was
> originally typed.

I've heard folks in the know speak of folding (in the outline/hs sense)
with regard to multi-line messages:

  https://ircv3.net/specs/extensions/multiline

In fact, I think this extension may be worth checking out and even
shooting for as a reference implementation for showing off whatever v3
lib we end up settling on.