branch: externals/org-remark
commit 42cbe6e18ec69814d63abfdf1cd3fad45622827c
Author: Noboru Ota <[email protected]>
Commit: Noboru Ota <[email protected]>
docs: manual
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+++ b/docs/org-remark-manual.org
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#+title: Org-remark User Manual
#+author: Noboru Ota <[email protected]>
-#+macro: version 0.0.7
-#+macro: modified 14 January 2022
+#+macro: version 1.0.x
+#+macro: modified 16 January 2022
#+language: en
#+export_file_name: org-remark.texi
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Org-remark lets you highlight and annote any text file with
using Org mode.
:COPYING: t
:END:
-Copyright \copy 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright \copy 2021-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#+begin_quote
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -49,13 +49,12 @@ modify this GNU manual.”
:TOC: :depth 0
:END:
-** Manual
-
This package is not available on ELPA or MELPA yet. Manual installation is
required.
Ensure to have Org Mode 9.4 or later (tested on 9.4.2). This package uses
~org-collect-keywords~, which does not exist in an earlier version.
-Store both of the =.el= files in the repo in your load-path, and put this in
your init file:
+Store both of the =.el= files in the repo in your load-path and put this in
your
+init file:
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/local-repos/org-remark/")
@@ -68,52 +67,103 @@ By loading =org-remark=, it will also pull in Org mode.
You might like to defer
For example, I use this in my init file.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
- ;; Set `load-path'
+ ;; Set `load-path' , load `org-remark-global-tracking', and turn it on for
+ ;; automatic loading of highlights for the files tracked
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/local-repos/org-remark")
+ (require 'org-remark-global-tracking)
+ (org-remark-global-tracking-mode +1)
+#+end_src
- ;; Load only `org-remark-global-tracking'
- ;; and turn it on for automatic loading of highlights
- ;; for the files tracked
- (load-library "org-remark-global-tracking")
- (org-remark-global-tracking-mode 1)
+Below are example keybindings you might like to consider:
- ;; Set keybindings `org-remark-mark' is bound to global-map so that you can
- ;; call it globally before the library is loaded. In order to make
- ;; `org-remark-mark' and `org-remark-mode' callable, use `autoload'.
- ;; When this package is available in MELPA, `autoload' should not be
required.
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+ ;; Key-bind `org-remark-mark' to global-map so that you can call it globally
+ ;; before the library is loaded. In order to make `org-remark-mark' and
+ ;; `org-remark-mode' callable, use `autoload'.
(autoload #'org-remark-mark "org-remark" nil t)
(autoload #'org-remark-mode "org-remark" nil t)
(define-key global-map (kbd "C-c n m") #'org-remark-mark)
+
;; The rest of keybidings are done only on loading `org-remark'
(with-eval-after-load 'org-remark
(define-key org-remark-mode-map (kbd "C-c n o") #'org-remark-open)
- (define-key org-remark-mode-map (kbd "C-c n ]") #'org-remark-next)
- (define-key org-remark-mode-map (kbd "C-c n [") #'org-remark-prev)
+ (define-key org-remark-mode-map (kbd "C-c n ]") #'org-remark-view-next)
+ (define-key org-remark-mode-map (kbd "C-c n [") #'org-remark-view-prev)
(define-key org-remark-mode-map (kbd "C-c n r") #'org-remark-remove))
+
#+end_src
-
+
* Getting Started
+** Highlighting and Annotating
-To be added
+#+findex: org-remark-mark
+#+findex: org-remark-open
+#+findex: org-remark-view
+#+cindex: Marginal notes file
+#+cindex: Org-remark properties for highlights
+
+To highlight a part of text, simply select one[fn:1] and call =M-x
+org-remark-mark=. You will see the selected text gets highlighted. At the same
time Org-remark will automatically create a *marginal notes file*.
[[#customizing][By default]], it will be named =marginalia.org= and created in
the same directory as the file you are editing.
+
+To display the marginal notes for the highlight you have marked, place your
cursor on the highlight and use =M-x org-remark-open= or =M-x org-remark-view=.
[[#customizing][By default]], it will display a new buffer to the left of the
current buffer you are editing. The =open= command takes the cursor to the
marginal notes buffer to edit notes; whereas the =view= command keeps the
cursor in the current buffer only to display the marginal notes. Both commands
narrow the marginal notes file [...]
+
+You do not need to add any notes. In this case, the entry in marginal notes
simply saves the location of the highlighted text. After you quit Emacs,
re-start it, and visit the same main file, Org-remark uses this information to
highlight the text. You can also directly edit the marginal notes file as a
normal Org file.
+
+The important thing to note is that Org-remark uses following properties in
the property drawer of the headline to remember the highlights:
+
+- :org-remark-beg:
+- :org-remark-end:
+- :org-remark-id:
+- :org-remark-label:
+
+Essentially, the marginal notes file is a database in the plain text with
using Org mode. As a plain text database, you can easily edit these properties
manually if necessary.
+
+[fn:1] Set a mark and activate a region in Emacs terminology.
-;;; `org-remark-create-pen' macro lets you create commands for different
-;;; highlighter pens Org-remark provides three default ones. See below after
-;;; `org-remark-create-pen'
+** Automatically Load Highlights after Re-starting Emacs
-;; Don't use category (symbol) as a property -- it's a special one of text
-;; properties. If you use it, the value also need to be a symbol; otherwise,
you
-;; will get an error. You can use CATEGORY (symbol and all uppercase).
+#+findex: org-remark-global-tracking-mode
+#+findex: org-remark-mode
+#+vindex: org-remark-tracking-file
- ;; Create default pen set.
- ;; They are rather meant to be a starter pack and examples
- ;; They can be overridden, or set `org-remark-create-default-pen-set' to nil
- ;; so that Org-remark will not create them.
+It is recommended that =org-remark-global-tracking-mode= be turned on as part
of your Emacs initalization. This should be done before you start adding
hightlights in any file.
+Once you have added highlights to some files, quit Emacs, and re-start it,
active =org-remark-global-tracking-mode= will automatically turn on
=org-remark-mode= and load the highlights from your previous sessions for the
files being globally tracked.
+
+When activated, =org-remark-global-tracking-mode= will also start remembering
and tracking the files to which you add highlights and annotations. When you
quit Emacs, it will save the tracked files in a file in your Emacs config
directory (=user-emacs-directory=). [[#customizing][By default]], this file is
named =.org-remark-tracking=.
+
+Without this global minor mode, you would need to remember to activate
=org-remark-mode= for each file where you add highlihgts and annotation. This
is often unpractical.
+
+** Create Your Own Custom Highlighter Pen
+
+#+vindex: org-remark-create-default-pen-set
+#+findex: org-remark-mark
+#+findex: org-remark-mark-yellow
+#+findex: org-remark-mark-red-line
+#+findex: org-remark-create
+
+Org-remark has a default highlighter pen function, and comes with a set of two
additional pens [[#customizing][by default]]:
+
+- =org-remark-mark= : default highlighter pen
+- =org-remark-mark-yellow=
+- =org-remark-mark-red-line=
+
+Org-remark lets you create your own custom pen functions with
=org-remark-create=. See how "red-line" and "yellow" pens are created. They are
meant to be a starter pack and examples.
+
+#+begin_src elisp
+ (org-remark-create "red-line"
+ '(:underline (:color "dark red" :style wave))
+ '(CATEGORY "review" help-echo "Review this"))
+ (org-remark-create "yellow"
+ '(:underline "gold" :background "lemon chiffon")
+ '(CATEGORY "important"))
+#+end_src
+
+#+ATTR_TEXINFO: :tag CAUTION
+#+begin_quote
+Don't use category (symbol) as a property -- it's a special one of text
properties. If you use it, the value also need to be a symbol; otherwise, you
will get an error. You can use CATEGORY (symbol and all uppercase), which will
result in CATEGORY in the property drawer in marginal notes Org files.
+#+end_quote
-Every highlighted text region in the current buffer is tracked by
-local variable `org-remark-highlights'. The highlights are
-sorted in the ascending order; this is a characteristic of the
-variable used for `org-remark-next' and `org-remark-prev'.
* Usage
:PROPERTIES:
@@ -221,6 +271,9 @@ I will try to incorporate these into the package when I
have more time to focus
#+end_src
* Customizing
+:PROPERTIES:
+:CUSTOM_ID: customizing
+:END:
- You can customize settings in the =org-remark= group.
- Highlight's face can be changed via =org-remark-highlighter=
