Re: [ANN] tchanges.el: Collaborate with word processor (docx) users using 'track changes'

[James Thomas]

Ihor Radchenko wrote:

> James Thomas writes:
>
>>>> They're loaded on import and view/edit/add-able before re-exporting. A
>>>> 'Save WIP' feature for writing to disk until then is on the TODO list.
>>>
>>> Are the comments also using Org markup? Or is it something more ad-hoc?
>>
>> The comments are separately stored in bookmark.el bookmarks. I'd briefly
>> considered also using a fake backend like "@@comment:the annotation
>> text@@" inline for it specifically for org, but preferred the former due
>> to the easier sorting/browsing etc.; and I also didn't want to maintain
>> the state in two places. But if you have better ideas, please tell me.
>
> Well. My dream is to have native Org markup for comments. With
> appropriate UI to view/edit them.
>
> Maybe something based on footnotes.

Footnotes are, at least technically, for a point and not a region. Any
thoughts about how to extend that?

Anyway I'd been meaning to generalize my current reconversion code; let
me see what I can do about this...

>> (If you're talking about markup within the comment text, that's
>> obviously orthogonal to this)
>
> I was talking about that too :)
> If we have native markup for comments in Org, may as well allow the rest
> of Org markup there.

Regards,
James