Re: [Orgmode] Orgmode and Unicode characters

[Darlan Cavalcante Moreira]

If changing the actual character in the file is be the best option (maybe
it could cause problems for the exporters), then an approach similar to
org-pretty-entities could be used for this.

--
Darlan

At Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:19:55 +0200,
Dov Grobgeld <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Even though this announcement looks very cool, this again reminded me of
> something I've been thinking off when using orgmode. And that is the use of
> unicode characters. With the latest versions of emacs that support unicode
> and with rich fonts such as DejaVu Monospace, it is as easy to use unicode
> characters as ascii. What I was thinking of is that the current ascii
> graphics of e.g. tables could automatically be switched to box drawing
> characters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-drawing_characters) when
> pressing C-c or Tab. Other characters that could be used are automatic
> replacement of leading asterisks to various bullets. Each indentation level
> could be given a different bullets. E.g. "*"==▸, "**"==●, etc. I'm sure that
> arrows and various brackets may also be useful for various contexts.
> 
> Of course the use of these characters would be configurable and would be
> turned off automatically for buffers that are not UTF-8 encoded.
> 
> Perhaps I'll one day learn the inner workings of org-mode sufficiently to do
> this myself, but if there is someone who meanwhile wants to pick up the
> idea, you're welcome!
> 
> Regards,
> Dov
> 
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 09:05, Nathan Neff <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Much easier to read, and I love the nesting/indenting of
> > sub-headings.
> >
> > http://nateneff.com/   - Need to understand 
> > org-mode-clockreport-rules.html<http://nateneff.com/org-mode-clockreport-rules.html>
> >
> > --Nate
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