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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: Long links
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 03:08:18 +0100
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To: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
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Hello,

Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com> writes:

> Sometimes I will have to deal with a long link, like this:
>
> https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/lastIndexOf
>
> I prefer to wrap long links if possible. This is allowed with reStructuredText:
>
>     lastIndexOf_
>
>     .. _lastIndexOf: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/
>        Reference/Global_Objects/String/lastIndexOf
>
> and also with AsciiDoc via link syntax:
>
>     link:++https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/
>     Global_Objects/String/lastIndexOf++[lastIndexOf]
>
> or variable syntax:
>
>     :js: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference
>
>     {js}/Global_Objects/String/lastIndexOf
>
> Does Org Mode have some way to deal with this?

You can use angular links, e.g.,

    <https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/
    Global_Objects/String/lastIndexOf++[lastIndexOf]>

You can also use link abbreviations. Please refer to the manual for that
one.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou