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Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode
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Christopher Dimech |
Subject: |
Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode |
Date: |
Thu, 13 May 2021 05:57:58 +0200 |
Could outline.el be cleaned up a little bit, and see how to make it easier
to set up outline-heading-alist for now. It already has some good capabilities.
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 12:36 AM
> From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
> To: pietru@caramail.com
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode
>
> * pietru@caramail.com <pietru@caramail.com> [2021-05-12 07:44]:
> > > `texinfo-mode` is one of the rare modes which explicitly sets
> > > `outline-heading-alist`, so you have the answer in there ;-)
> >
> > Would it not be better for outline-minor-mode to set "outline-heading-alist"
> > for each language. Then, in each language mode, one simply calls the
> > appropriate function.
>
>
> That is the thought I assume each of us has.
>
> There are many modes, various macros, functions. Many modes do not
> have its outline structure. Emacs Lisp mode does not have "outline"
> defined, we can just virtualize it and think how to create
> outline. Its structure would greatly depend of the style, and comments
> definition, for example to start writing (defun on the beginning of
> the line. Each user can have different comment definition.
>
> Modes which could be used with outline-minor-mode are especially those
> with lightweight markup languages and some modes use
> outline-minor-mode anyway, so for these it could be done:
>
> adoc-mode and asciidoctor-mode
> t2t-mode for txt2tags
> markdown-mode
> latex-mode and similar TeX macros, like context-mode
>
> I don't know for plain TeX-plain-tex-mode for example as \beginsection
> is just one so far I know. TeX-plain-tex-mode is definitely usable for
> reports that don't require elaborate structures. It is way easier to
> create report with TeX-plain-tex-mode
>
> Hello there
>
> \beginsection
> Here I am
>
> \bye
>
> Whoever now finds good outline-heading-alist post it here, please.
>
>
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> Jean
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- Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, (continued)
- Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, pietru, 2021/05/12
- Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/12
- Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, Jean Louis, 2021/05/12
- Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/12
- Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, Stefan Monnier, 2021/05/13
- Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/13
- Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, Robert Thorpe, 2021/05/13
- Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/13
- Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, Jean Louis, 2021/05/13
- Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/13
- Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode,
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Re: headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, pietru, 2021/05/12
headings for texinfo-mode using outline-minor-mode, pietru, 2021/05/11