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bookmark-fontify [PATCH]

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Message #105 received at 48179 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Colin Baxter <m43cap <at> yandex.com>
To: Bastien <bzg <at> gnu.org>
Cc: , Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>,
 48179 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48179: bookmark-fontify [PATCH]
Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 11:12:17 +0100

>>>>> Bastien  <bzg <at> gnu.org> writes:

    > Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com> writes:
    >> What are the steps to reproduce this? I don't use those org
    >> features, so I would be starting at square one.

    > 1. C-x C-f test.org RET 2. C-c [ (to include test.org in the
    > agenda files) 3. Add this contents to the buffer:

    >    * A headline to refile

    >    * A headline where to refile it

    > 4. Put the point at the beginning of "A headline to refile" 5. C-c
    > C-w (or M-x org-refile RET) 6. Select "* A headline where to
    > refile it"

    > Now the refiled headline is fontified with bookmark-face because
    > Org adds a bookmark to help you go back to the refile location.

    >>> There is also dired and, of course, normal bookmarked files: I
    >>> guess some users may be really confused--at least those who
    >>> don't know to M-x customize-face RET at point to guess what this
    >>> is all about.
    >> 
    >> I don't understand the confusion scenario. The scenario I imagine
    >> is:
    >> 
    >> a) User navigates POINT to location of desired bookmark

    > I would say that the confusion arises because

    > 1. The user does not do anything regarding bookmarking

    > 2. The buffer get fontified but he does not know why

    > 3. The user cannot guess why it has been fontified because he does
    > not know to M-x customize-face RET

    >> I understand the current emacs policy is not to surprise anyone
    >> with new behavior, so I expect Eli Zaretskii would insist it be
    >> off by default.

    > I don't insist on anything.

    > I'm open to turning org-capture-bookmark to nil by default in Org
    > to solve the issue for Org.

    > But again, this is not just Org.  I think many people have
    > bookmarks they don't even remember, e.g. in dired buffers.  If
    > they see such a fontified file in dired, they will just wonder
    > what happened.

    > My suggestion would be to interactively ask the user to customize
    > bookmarks-fontify on the first C-x r m hit, so that he knows
    > what's in there for him.

Good idea +1.

Colin

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