RE: Advice on studying Emacs Lisp files

[Drew Adams]

> >> I'd like to take notes while I'm studying... I don't want to make my
> >> notes in the files themselves (as comments)...
> >>
> >> Do you have any suggestions for a good workflow for that?  I might use
> >> Org-mode (and links), but it would involve jumping between buffers,
> >> which might not be optimal.  Maybe someone has a better idea?
> >
> > You can bookmark locations, and use annotations for your notes.
> > If you use Bookmark+ then you can use Org mode for the annotations.
> 
> ... I will definitely check that out, I had no idea about this
> functionality.  I'll have to check whether these bookmarks/annotations
> are somehow visible in the buffer they point to.

If you use Bookmark+ then you can make bookmark locations be highlighted
in various ways. This is optional.

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