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From: Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How to get the link the point is on?
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Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:

> Hi list,
>
> my question is as in subject.  It is done by org-open-at-point
> (somehow), but the logic seems to be buried in that function.  What I'd
> like to have is a function that would just extract the link portion
> (which is normally invisible) and displayed it in the echo area
> (something like hovering over a link in a web browser).
>
> I skimmed through org.el, and either I couldn't find a function which
> does it, or this email is a feature request;).

you know about 

,----[ C-h f org-toggle-link-display RET ]
| org-toggle-link-display is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
| `org.el'.
| 
| It is bound to <menu-bar> <Org> <Hyperlinks> <Descriptive Links>,
| <menu-bar> <Org> <Hyperlinks> <Literal Links>.
| 
| (org-toggle-link-display)
| 
| Toggle the literal or descriptive display of links.
`----

?

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten