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[O] [RFC] Org Minor Mode?
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Thorsten Jolitz |
Subject: |
[O] [RFC] Org Minor Mode? |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:55:43 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hi List,
I cite from a recent thread on Emacs Help:
#+begin_quote
Right, I'm very much convinced that the power of Org-mode could be
unleashed in a true org-minor-mode that works in the comment-sections of
programming major-modes.
[...]
The major "flaw" of Org-mode that inhibits its use as minor-mode is the
wide-spread use of hard-coded regexps, i.e. regexps of this form
,--------------
| "^\\*+ ... $"
`--------------
in many many variants all over the place. Those three elements "^"
(bol), "$" (eol) and "*" (star) are not portable, since in
comment-sections of programming major-modes the above should look
like:
PicoLisp (comment-start repeated with padding)
,--------------
| "^## *+ ... $"
`--------------
Elisp outshine-style (comment-start repeated with padding)
,--------------
| "^;; *+ ... $"
`--------------
old-school Elisp (comment-start repeated no padding, different star)
,--------------
| "^;;;+ ... $"
`--------------
#+end_quote
Now I just announced [[https://github.com/tj64/drx][drx.el]] on Emacs
Help, I cite again:
#+begin_quote
Its main purpose is to abstract from hardcoded "^", "$" and "\\*" in
regexps. Here are a few examples:
# basic usage
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(drx "foo" t nil t)
#+end_src
#+results:
: ^foo$
# org-mode version
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(drx " foo" t '(t "+") t)
#+end_src
#+results:
: ^\(\*+\) foo$
# css-mode version with # as star
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(let ((drx-BOL "^/* ")
(drx-EOL "*/$")
(drx-STAR "#"))
(drx " foo" t '(t "+") t))
#+end_src
#+results:
: ^/* \(#+\) foo*/$
Many more things are possible, the more than 80 ERT tests in drx.el give
many examples with expected output.
#+end_quote
What do you think - is there any chance that Org-mode switches from
static hardcoded regexp strings (all over the place) to dynamic
regexps calculated at runtime (using libraries like drx.el or rx.el)?
There would be a cost definitely, but then a true org-minor-mode could
become reality that offers the full power of Org-mode in programming
mode's comment section (I'm actually working on it by merging outshine
with orgstruct: [[https://github.com/tj64/omm][omm.el]]).
--
cheers,
Thorsten
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