Re: [FR] Allow flattened imenu index (was: [PATCH] Add new option 'org-imenu-flatten')

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
> Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, 58131@debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org 
> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 10:57:15 +0000
> 
> Morgan Smith <Morgan.J.Smith@outlook.com> writes:
> 
> > Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
> >
> >> Have you considered adding a "flatten" option to imenu itself?
> >> That way, you could automatically get the functionality for free
> >> everywhere, not just in Org mode.
> >
> > I have considered that but gave up with minimal investigation because it
> > seemed harder then this solution.  It's possible imenu did actually have
> > this functionality sometime before 1998 (see commit
> > fe2908be7b09f4c765ebdaf16fe07b0a77f78ba8).
> >
> > The doc-view imenu-flatten stuff was added 2022-09-28 (see commit
> > fe002cc8ce38efb256a2a60660ee626c2b2cdf81).  This makes me feel like
> > maybe that person thought adding it to imenu directly would be hard.
> >
> > I might at some point investigate doing that but likely not soon.  Also
> > if that feature was ever added, it would still be compatible with the
> > patch I sent.  For those reasons, I advocate my patch should still be
> > applied even though it is clear that it is a sub-optimal solution.
> 
> I'd prefer to ask Emacs upstream first.
> 
> We are discussing adding a new feature to Org imenu - an option to
> flatten the menu, so that all the nested index entries are displayed at
> top level.
> 
> This feature is also present in doc-view via `doc-view-imenu-flatten',
> and in python.el via `python-imenu-create-flat-index'
> 
> I am wondering if it makes more sense to add this "flatten" option
> globally into imenu instead.

I'm not sure I understand what you are asking.  As we don't seem to
have an active maintainer of imenu on board, more details are needed
to understand the request.  Of course, patches are even more welcome.

Also, should this be a new bug report? the one mentioned in the CC is
already closed and archived.

Thanks.