>> - after "a..z" runs out, '{', '|' and '}' are being used which seems >> reasonable -- but after that, I get '\200' and similar before reaching >> '©'... > >This is indeed true, but what can we do? There are only that many >characters in the keyboard. We may instead start using two-key >combinations for tags beyond #26, similar to org-capture. Patches are >welcome!
Thanks for the fast reply and fully agreed! I would indeed argue that automatically generated keys are not useful beyond a certain number (N=26?) as they could change with new tags and thus are hard to memorize. And taking in >N random choices every time is hardly "fast select" anymore. In fact, the docstring for =org-fast-tag-selection= says that only a-z would be automatically assigned. That sounds reasonable to me (otherwise one can define more keys via =org-tag-persistent-alist=). Maybe this is a bug after all? If more than 26 choices are desired, maybe A-Z (i.e. capital letters) could extend the list before more unusual characters? What do you think? I am not at my computer right now but could try to come up with a patch later. >> - when defining my own keys, they are not displayed in the top; instead >> their characters are missing in the 'a'..'z' range leaving more room >> for odd and very difficult-to-type characters >I think that it would make sense to have `org-tag-persistent-alist` >staff being shown on top. Unless there are objections I can merge this >trivial change. Thanks, that already improves the usability a lot! Thanks and cheers, Hanno