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From: Bastien <bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr>
Subject: Re: Bug: org-store-link only works interactively [7.4]
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:57:47 +0100
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To: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
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Hi Dave,

Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> writes:

> org-stored-links will only be updated if the function is called
> interactively.  I'm not sure why you would want to neuter
> org-store-link otherwise, but the docs for interactive-p say:
>
>   The only known proper use of `interactive-p' is in deciding whether to
>   display a helpful message, or how to display it.  If you're thinking
>   of using it for any other purpose, it is quite likely that you're
>   making a mistake.  

True, thanks for pointing at this.  I agree the user should be able to
call org-store-link non-interactively (programmatically).

Carsten, I see no possible side-effects, but perhaps you had a good
reason for preventing non-interactive calls to `org-store-link'?

Thanks,

-- 
 Bastien