[Orgmode] Re: Fontification of blocks

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hi Dan,

Dan Davison wrote:
> Just quickly, one thing I noticed is that the begin/end lines were visible
> even inside folded trees. I.e., in a folded org file, containing many src
> blocks, I could see the coloured backgrounds "poking out" of the folded
> sections, extending to the right of the screen. Do you see that?

Yes, but that's already the current situation today, *when using faces with
background*. My (future) patch does not change that, and I'm not sure whether
it should or not. In a way, I find this better: it makes it very clear there
is a code block folded at that point in the document. Yes, I definitively
prefer it that way -- if you don't mind.

> Also,
>
>> "Eric Schulte" wrote:
>>> I think that adding a new block delimiter face which inherits from the
>>> org-meta face as you've suggested is the way to go.
>>>
>>> I would recommend however that rather than removing/changing the
>>> org-meta-line, quote and verse delimiting faces to cover the entire line
>>> you simply add the org-block-begin/end-line face overtop of these existing
>>> faces. That way the default behavior is not changed by the patch, and
>>> users have more control over the final display.
>>>
>>> In fact rather than having the org-block-begin/end-line faces inherit from
>>> org-meta-line why not have them begin as empty faces. Do you think this
>>> sounds like a good way to go? If so would you mind submitting a patch
>>> which
>>> - doesn't remove existing faces but rather adds these new faces overtop
>>>   of them
>>> - includes of definition of the org-block-begin/end-line faces to empty
>>>   faces (otherwise the elisp compiler will warn of references to
>>>   undefined variables)
>
> Could you clarify whether the above suggestions have been adopted or
> rejected?

I understand you're asking this question, because what you see is *not* the
final patch, but just a test file for understanding the change and testing it.

> At the moment the code below alters the background color of the begin/end
> lines by default; but presumably the final version will not alter any
> appearances by default?

Exactly.

> How will that work?

I realize I did not correctly understood the point of Eric. What I had in mind
was that the org-block-begin/end-line faces would inherit from org-meta-line
with no additional feature. So, by default, it will just be a copy of all
their properties.

It would simplifying the code (well, not a huge deal) in the following way:
instead of applying first org-meta-line, then org-block-begin/end-line, I
would just apply the latter.

But I can follow the idea of Eric, now that I just understood it in details,
if anybody finds it more sensible. I have no position to defend on this
subject. I'll follow your advice.

> Would you be able to supply a patch, or better, put your work in a
> publicly accessible git branch? It's hard to see exactly what changes
> you have made with the full code as below. (Please contact me for write
> access if you'd like to use the fork at
> https://github.com/dandavison/org-devel.)

Can you send me whatever required information per private mail (to the address
you see, that's working!)?

Looking forward to it.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sébastien Vauban