RE: mode for highlighting/annotating log files or other docs?

[Drew Adams]

> I have to work with large log files, and often have trouble keeping
> track of what's going on in different sections of the log.
> 
> I was thinking it would be great if I had a way to mark parts of the
> text as different colors, so I had a visual way of keeping track of
> different segments of my logs. Like, maybe just select a region and
> issue a "make-blue" command or something like that.
> 
> Another idea would be to have a margin off to the left which I could
> leave notes in.
> 
> Is there any mode that implements something like this?


In addition to what others have mentioned to you, you might consider using
bookmarks.

With Bookmark+, you can tag bookmarks (in addition to annotating them), and you
can highlight them in various ways.

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BookmarkPlus