Different colors for questions and answers in org-mode

Question

I'm writing questions and answers in org-mode for project purposes (like meeting notes). A sample looks like this:

1. [X] Equipment name for tags associated with pumps - Discuss Comment: We can just use MP-516A/T. I’ve updated your ACM names as well 2. [X] Why have the steps D12516_DirectXfer and D12516_LnClr not included in the steps? Step enable conditions to be added Comment: I bet the tool didn’t add the columns. If you manually added the columns to this tab, it will be perfectly fine. We can proceed with filling out the enable conditions for these columns.

The screenshot shows how I see it on the screen

Question:

I would want at least one of them (either the answer or question) to be shown in a different color. Is that possible? or am I asking for too much?

Answer 1

Maybe try using a description list instead:

- Question :: Answer

Answer 2

I think that Prasanna is right! I used this bit of code to add italics to web-mode just now:

        (highlight-regexp "<em>\\([a-zA-Z0-9 ]+\\)</em>" 'web-mode-italic-face)

So now in web-mode, most characters between "<em>" and "</em>" will have an italic face. Cool no?

Answer 3

Assume all questions start with "Q: ", then you can add this to your init.el to highlight all questions using comment color:

(font-lock-add-keywords
  'org-mode
  '(("\\( Q: .+\\)" (1 'font-lock-comment-face t))))