This might be a case where having a link type that supports attributes would come in handy. Then you could use these like PDF comments. In the list of PDF comments in Adobe Acrobat for example, there is a checkbox you can use to check them off when you are done with one. Of course, you have to store that state somewhere! I think the pdf comment also stores the author, and maybe other information too like the date and time it was created.
John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:13 AM, Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote: > John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: > > > Very nice start! > > > > - make comment links a different color/face > > (e.g. https://github.com/jkitchin/org-ref/blob/master/org-ref.el#L360) > > Ah, nice -- too bad there's no built-in way to specify a face for link > types. This looks like it will do nicely, though! > > > otherwise, I think item 4 is the most important one on the todo list. We > > are writing lots of papers this year, so this will be a really helpful > tool! > > Cool, I'll start with that, then. > > I also thought of a command that would take what's in the tabulated list > buffer and convert it into an Org-mode buffer, with the text/comment > pairs in a two-column table. Then the user could export that buffer into > some other format and share a "comments sheet" with other people. > > A bit at a time... > > Eric > > > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > > > >> Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > >> > >>> Vikas Rawal <vikasli...@agrarianresearch.org> writes: > >>> > >>>> On 25-Apr-2015, at 6:22 am, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu > > > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Inspired by this conversation, I hacked up this functional comment > >>>> link: > >>>> > >>>> > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2015/04/24/Commenting-in-org-files/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> It has a custom link type that exports in html and latex, and when > >>>> you click on it, it asks if you want to delete the comment. > >>>> > >>>> Nice. One small issue is that when I highlight a text and add comment > >>>> to it, and then delete the comment, one space following the last word > >>>> is removed. > >>>> > >>>> Also, it would be good to make the comment stand out in LaTeX (and > >>>> other) exports, preferably by pushing it to the margin (so it does not > >>>> move everything else). > >>> > >>> Hang on a bit, I'm wasting my afternoon expanding this... > >> > >> Okay, this is as far as I got today. I changed some behavior from John's > >> implementation: when following the links, it seemed like displaying the > >> comment text would be more useful than deleting it -- I think many of us > >> have "delete-org-link" functions lying around. I also couldn't get the > >> add-comment thing to work, as it complained when there was no region, so > >> I changed how that works. > >> > >> Lastly, I spent most of my time learning how tabular list mode works, > >> and haven't actually tested the export. Will save that for tomorrow. > >> Otherwise, here's the introduction from the Commentary. Comments and > >> suggestions very welcome! > >> > >> > >> > >> Provides a new link type for Org that allows you to create comments > >> on arbitrary chunks of text. The link prefix is "comment:". > >> > >> Add comments with `org-comment-add-comment'. Following the link > >> will display the text of the comment in a pop-up buffer. The > >> buffer is in special-mode, hit "q" to dismiss it. > >> > >> Call `org-comment-display-comments' to see all comments in a buffer. > >> > >> See the `org-comment-[backend]-export-style' options for ways to > >> format comments in export. > >> > >> TODO: > >> > >> 1. Better export customization options. > >> 2. What does the ODT comment XML look like? > >> 3. More functions in the display comment buffer: copy as > >> kill... what else? > >> 4. More functions in the comments list buffer, to display, pop to, > >> delete, and edit comment text. > >> 5. Is it possible to have multi-line filled tabular list items? > >> Long comments are not very useful if you can't see the whole thing. > >> 5. Allow multiple comment list buffers attached to different Org > >> buffers. > >> 6. Maybe a minor mode for ease of manipulating comments? > > > > -- > > Professor John Kitchin > > Doherty Hall A207F > > Department of Chemical Engineering > > Carnegie Mellon University > > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > > 412-268-7803 > > @johnkitchin > > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu > > >
