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From: Bastien <bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr>
Subject: Re: Feature request: Select links by description [7.4]
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:05:20 +0100
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To: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
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Hi Dave,

Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> writes:

> When using org-insert-link, it would be far better for me to have it
> show me the _descriptions_ of links (the default link text), rather
> than showing me the links themselves.  This is especially true of
> email links, which are generally long and unintelligible by
> themselves.
>
> I have something set up that stores a link to every email I send, so I
> can easily link to follow-ups in my active Org items.  As a result, I
> end up with *lots* of stored links, which makes this a real struggle.

`org-insert-link' *does* already displays the description of the links
like this:

http://orgmode.org (Org Mode website)
http://orgmode.org/worg/ (Worg website)

The description is within the parenthese.

I think it's good to have both the link *and* the description.

What would be a better way of presenting the description?

-- 
 Bastien