#+TITLE: Org As A Word Processor #+AUTHOR: Howard X. Abrams #+DATE: 2020-09-10 #+FILETAGS: :emacs: A literate programming file for making Org file more readable. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :exports none ;;; ha-org-word-processor --- Making Org file more readable. -*- lexical-binding: t; -*- ;; ;; © 2020-2022 Howard X. Abrams ;; This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. ;; See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ;; ;; Author: Howard X. Abrams ;; Maintainer: Howard X. Abrams ;; Created: September 10, 2020 ;; ;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs. ;; ;; *NB:* Do not edit this file. Instead, edit the original literate file at: ;; ~/other/hamacs/ha-org-word-processor.org ;; Using `find-file-at-point', and tangle the file to recreate this one . ;; ;;; Code: #+END_SRC * Introduction I like having org-mode files look more like a word processor than having it look like programming code. But that is just me. * General Org Settings Since I use ellipsis in my writing… to /change/ how org renders a collapsed heading. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq org-pretty-entities t org-ellipsis "⤵" ; …, ➡, ⚡, ▼, ↴, , ∞, ⬎, ⤷, ⤵ org-agenda-breadcrumbs-separator " ❱ " org-catch-invisible-edits 'show-and-error org-special-ctrl-a/e t ; Note: Need to get this working with Evil! org-src-fontify-natively t ; Pretty code blocks org-hide-emphasis-markers t) #+END_SRC Oh, and as I indent lists, they should change the /bulleting/ in a particular sequence. If I begin with an =*= asterisk, I walk down the chain, but with the dashed bullets (my default choice), I just stay with dashed bullets. Numeric bullets should cycle: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq org-list-demote-modify-bullet '(("*" . "+") ("+" . "-") ("-" . "-") ("1." . "a.") ("a." . "1."))) #+END_SRC ** Typographic Quotes According to [[http://endlessparentheses.com/prettify-your-quotation-marks.html][Artur Malabarba]] of [[http://endlessparentheses.com/prettify-you-apostrophes.html][Endless Parenthesis]] blog, I type a /straight quote/, ", Emacs actually inserts Unicode rounded quotes, like “this”. This idea isn’t how a file is /displayed/, but actually how the file is /made/. Time will tell if this idea works with my auxiliary functions on my phone, like [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orgzly&hl=en_US&gl=US][Orgzly]] and [[https://github.com/amake/orgro][Orgro]]. Stealing his function so that “quotes” just work to insert /rounded/ quotation marks: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (define-key org-mode-map "\"" #'endless/round-quotes) (defun endless/round-quotes (italicize) "Insert “” and leave point in the middle. With prefix argument ITALICIZE, insert /“”/ instead \(meant for org-mode). Inside a code-block, just call `self-insert-command'." (interactive "P") (if (and (derived-mode-p 'org-mode) (org-in-block-p '("src" "latex" "html"))) (call-interactively #'self-insert-command) (if (looking-at "”[/=_\\*]?") (goto-char (match-end 0)) (when italicize (if (derived-mode-p 'markdown-mode) (insert "__") (insert "//")) (forward-char -1)) (insert "“”") (forward-char -1)))) #+END_SRC Stealing function for automatically adding a single quote (not in pairs): #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (define-key org-mode-map "'" #'endless/apostrophe) (defun endless/apostrophe (opening) "Insert ’ in prose or `self-insert-command' in code. With prefix argument OPENING, insert ‘’ instead and leave point in the middle. Inside a code-block, just call `self-insert-command'." (interactive "P") (if (and (derived-mode-p 'org-mode) (org-in-block-p '("src" "latex" "html"))) (call-interactively #'self-insert-command) (if (looking-at "['’][=_/\\*]?") (goto-char (match-end 0)) (if (null opening) (insert "’") (insert "‘’") (forward-char -1))))) #+END_SRC Quote: “From this time forward, I shouldn’t have to worry about quotes.” *Note:* I still need to worry about how quotes affect [[file:ha-org.org::*Spell Checking][spell checking]]. * Org Beautify I really want to use the Org Beautify package, but it overrides my darker themes (and all I really want is headlines to behave). First step is to make all Org header levels to use the variable font, and be the same color as the default text: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (when window-system (let ((default-color (face-attribute 'default :foreground))) (dolist (face '(org-level-1 org-level-2 org-level-3 org-level-4 org-level-5 org-level-6 org-level-7 org-level-8)) (set-face-attribute face nil :foreground default-color :weight 'bold :font ha-variable-font)))) #+END_SRC Next, we just need to change the header sizes: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (when window-system (set-face-attribute 'org-level-1 nil :height 2.2) (set-face-attribute 'org-level-2 nil :height 1.8) (set-face-attribute 'org-level-3 nil :height 1.4) (set-face-attribute 'org-level-4 nil :height 1.1)) #+END_SRC While we are at it, let’s make sure the code blocks are using my fixed with font: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (when window-system (dolist (face '(org-block org-code org-verbatim org-table org-drawer org-special-keyword org-property-value org-document-info-keyword)) (set-face-attribute face nil :inherit 'fixed-pitch))) #+END_SRC Not sure why the above code removes the color of =org-verbatim=, so let’s make it stand out slightly: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (set-face-attribute 'org-verbatim nil :foreground "#aaaacc") #+END_SRC And some slight adjustments to the way blocks are displayed: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (set-face-attribute 'org-block-begin-line nil :background "#282828") (set-face-attribute 'org-block nil :height 0.95) (set-face-attribute 'org-block-end-line nil :background "#262626") #+END_SRC And decrease the prominence of the property drawers: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (set-face-attribute 'org-drawer nil :height 0.8) (set-face-attribute 'org-property-value nil :height 0.85) (set-face-attribute 'org-special-keyword nil :height 0.85) #+END_SRC This process allows us to use =variable-pitch= mode for all org documents. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package org :hook (org-mode . variable-pitch-mode)) #+END_SRC * SVG-Based Prettiness While I'm intrigued with [[https://github.com/rougier][Nicolas P. Rougier]]'s [[https://github.com/rougier/notebook-mode][notebook project]], I really just want to steal their [[https://github.com/rougier/svg-lib][svg-lib project]] that allows me to create and display various SVG objects, namely tags, progress bars, progress pies and icons. Each object fits nicely in a text buffer ensuring width is an integer multiple of character width. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package svg-lib :straight (:type git :protocol ssh :host github :repo "rougier/svg-lib")) (use-package svg-tag-mode :straight (:type git :protocol ssh :host github :repo "rougier/svg-tag-mode") :config (setq svg-tag-tags '(("TODO:" . ((lambda (tag) (svg-tag-make "TODO" :face 'org-tag :radius 2 :inverse t :margin 0 :padding 0 :height 0.8)))) ("NOTE:" . ((lambda (tag) (svg-tag-make "NOTE" :face 'font-lock-comment-face :inverse nil :margin 0 :radius 2 :height 0.8)))) ; The org-modern overrides this: ; ("#\\+RESULTS:" . ((lambda (tag) (svg-tag-make tag :beg 0 :end -1 :height 0.6)))) ("\\(:[A-Z-]+\\):[a-zA-Z#0-9]+:" . ((lambda (tag) (svg-tag-make tag :beg 1 :inverse t :margin 0 :crop-right t)))) (":[A-Z-]+\\(:[a-zA-Z#0-9]+:\\)" . ((lambda (tag) (svg-tag-make tag :beg 1 :end -1 :margin 0 :crop-left t)))) ("\\(:[A-Z-]+:\\)[ \n]" . ((lambda (tag) (svg-tag-make tag :beg 1 :end -1 :margin 0)))))) (global-svg-tag-mode 1)) #+END_SRC What does do? Here are some examples: TODO: Marks comments for tasks (this can be in source files too). NOTE: Highlights comments and other notes. :PROP:tag: are highlighted as two parts of the same tag And :TAG: with colons are highlighted, which include :PROPERTY: drawers. When the project is more complete, I need to dive into this: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle no (use-package notebook :straight (:type git :protocol ssh :host github :repo "rougier/notebook") :after org :hook (org-mode . notebook-mode)) #+END_SRC In the interim, let’s use [[https://github.com/minad/org-modern][org-modern]] mode: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package org-modern :straight (:type git :protocol ssh :host github :repo "minad/org-modern") :custom (org-modern-label-border 0.1 org-modern-variable-pitch t org-modern-tag nil ; Letting svg-tag do this org-modern-list . '((?+ . "◦") (?- . "•") (?* . "●"))) :config (setq org-auto-align-tags nil org-tags-column 0) :hook (org-mode . org-modern-mode) (org-agenda-finalize . org-modern-agenda)) #+END_SRC I liked the approach to the [[https://github.com/TonCherAmi/org-padding][org-padding]] project in how it allowed granular tweaks to add extra padding. This package doesn’t work with =org-modern=, but I may look more into it later. * Pasting I like the idea that I will paste HTML text from the clipboard and have it converted to org-formatted text: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun ha-org-paste () (interactive) (if (eq system-type 'gnu/linux) (shell-command "xclip -t text/html -o | pandoc -r html -w org" t))) #+END_SRC * Presentations Used to use [[https://github.com/takaxp/org-tree-slide][org-tree-slide]] for showing org files as presentations. Converted to use [[https://github.com/rlister/org-present][org-present]]. I love the /hooks/ as that makes it easier to pull out much of my =demo-it= configuration. My concern with =org-present= is that it only jumps from one top-level to another top-level header. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package org-present :init (defvar ha-org-present-mode-line mode-line-format "Cache previous mode-line format state") :config (defun org-blocks-hide-headers () "Make the headers and other block metadata invisible. See `org-blocks-show-headers'." (add-to-invisibility-spec 'ha-org-block-headers) (defun hide-this (regexp) (goto-char (point-min)) (while (re-search-forward regexp nil t) (let ((start (match-beginning 0)) (end (1+ (match-end 0)))) (overlay-put (make-overlay start end) 'invisible 'ha-org-block-headers)))) (defun hide-these (patterns) (when patterns (hide-this (car patterns)) (hide-these (cdr patterns)))) (save-excursion (hide-these (list (rx bol (zero-or-more space) "#+" (or "begin" "end") "_" (one-or-more any) eol) (rx bol (zero-or-more space) "#+" (or "name" "header" "results" "property" "options" "filetags") ":" (zero-or-more any) eol) (rx bol (zero-or-more space) ":" (or "properties" "header-args" "end") ":" (zero-or-more any) eol))))) (defun org-blocks-show-headers () "Un-invisibilize the headers and other block metadata invisible. In other words, this undoes what `org-blocks-hide-headers' did." (remove-from-invisibility-spec 'ha-org-block-headers)) (defun org-present-start () (goto-char (point-min)) (re-search-forward (rx bol "*")) (org-blocks-hide-headers) (org-present-big) (setq mode-line-format nil) (org-display-inline-images) (blink-cursor-mode -1) (setq cursor-type nil)) (defun org-present-end () (org-present-small) (org-blocks-show-headers) (setq mode-line-format ha-org-present-mode-line-format) (setq cursor-type t) (blink-cursor-mode 1) (org-present-read-write)) :hook (org-present-mode . org-present-start) (org-present-mode-quit . org-present-end)) #+END_SRC * Technical Artifacts :noexport: Let's provide a name so that the file can be required: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :exports none (provide 'ha-org-word-processor) ;;; ha-org-word-processor.el ends here #+END_SRC Before you can build this on a new system, make sure that you put the cursor over any of these properties, and hit: ~C-c C-c~ #+DESCRIPTION: A literate programming file for making Org file more readable. #+PROPERTY: header-args:sh :tangle no #+PROPERTY: header-args:emacs-lisp :tangle yes #+PROPERTY: header-args :results none :eval no-export :comments no #+OPTIONS: num:nil toc:nil todo:nil tasks:nil tags:nil date:nil #+OPTIONS: skip:nil author:nil email:nil creator:nil timestamp:nil #+INFOJS_OPT: view:nil toc:nil ltoc:t mouse:underline buttons:0 path:http://orgmode.org/org-info.js