How to show formatting characters only near the cursor?
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moriturius · 2022-01-28 06:28

Some modern editors (like Obsidian) have this cool feature that when
you navigate the cursor near formatted text it will show the
formatting characters (like \*foo\*, /bar/) and otherwise just render
them without showing the formatters.

I was wondering how we can do something like this in Emacs. Is there
any package for this or do you guys have any tips on how I could make
such a thing?

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art_else · 2022-01-28 07:13

I use org-appear for this.

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moriturius · 2022-01-28 13:17

This seems to be exactly what I needed! Thank you!

I'll go and test it :)

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ThorstoneS · 2022-01-28 13:23

\`org-appear\` will do the normal formatting elements (and URLs). If
you do use equations as well \`org-fragtog\` is the equivalent for
maths LaTeX preview.

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AlanYx · 2022-01-28 16:41

If you don't need the advanced functionality in org-appear, there's
also a built-in option in Org to do this just with emphasis markers
(like \*foo\*, /bar/):

(setq org-hide-emphasis-markers t)

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moriturius · 2022-01-29 05:35

Thanks for the reply. I actually used the option before but problem
with it is that when they are hidden editing around them is sometimes
funny.

Org appear is exactly what I needed :)

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moriturius · 2022-01-29 05:37

Thanks, my daily needs don't include using latex but I'm saving this
for sure in case it changes :)