Hi Lennart, (I'm copying the Orgmode mailing list because it helps to get people's opinion on such ideas...) Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes: > I am missing the minor mode org-link-mode. I just had a look at > linkd.el again and decided I wanted to ask you to make a minor mode > out of the link handling in org instead. Org already lets you create links from nearly anywhere in Emacs. What would such a minor mode do? > I have a minor mode which I call mlink-mode for link handling. The > main purpose of that at the moment is creating links in html files and > for making links out of variables in elisp file so that you quickly > can jump to definitions. `org-store-link' can handle HTML and elisp files okay. > However there is no "insert link". That is > what I am looking for and then it looks to me like what I want is > already there in org-mode, but... You can of course insert links in Org-mode files. Is your idea about inserting links outside of Org-mode files? Can you give an example? > The purpose of mlinks.el was to try to unifiy links in some way so I > will probably try to unify it with org links if you break it out. I think I need more background on what are the main features of linkd.el and mlinks.el -- and what are the ones you miss in Org... Thanks for further clarifications :) -- Bastien
Bastien <bastienguerry@googlemail.com> writes:
> Hi Lennart,
>
> (I'm copying the Orgmode mailing list because it helps to get people's
> opinion on such ideas...)
>
> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I am missing the minor mode org-link-mode. I just had a look at
>> linkd.el again and decided I wanted to ask you to make a minor mode
>> out of the link handling in org instead.
>
> Org already lets you create links from nearly anywhere in Emacs.
>
> What would such a minor mode do?
>
Not sure if this is apropos to this conversation, but I've been thinking
for some time that it would be useful to have a minor mode which would
activate org-style links in non-org files. For example if an org link
in the comment section of a source-code document could be highlighted
and activated so that the C-c C-o keybinding can be used to follow said
link. -- Eric
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Eric Schulte<schulte.eric@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bastien <bastienguerry@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi Lennart,
>>
>> (I'm copying the Orgmode mailing list because it helps to get people's
>> opinion on such ideas...)
>>
>> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I am missing the minor mode org-link-mode. I just had a look at
>>> linkd.el again and decided I wanted to ask you to make a minor mode
>>> out of the link handling in org instead.
>>
>> Org already lets you create links from nearly anywhere in Emacs.
>>
>> What would such a minor mode do?
>>
>
> Not sure if this is apropos to this conversation, but I've been thinking
> for some time that it would be useful to have a minor mode which would
> activate org-style links in non-org files. For example if an org link
> in the comment section of a source-code document could be highlighted
> and activated so that the C-c C-o keybinding can be used to follow said
> link. -- Eric
That is exactly what I am thinking of.
But the key binding could perhaps be rethought. Beside that I would
want som unification of link handling where it is possible. Things to
uniffy are for example:
- Mouse handling
- Keyboard keys
- Opening in windows/frames
- Opening in external apps
- Moving between links
- Coordination with moving between widget and buttons (like "tab
stops" in common GUIs)
- Link faces
- Link information
"Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:
> Not sure if this is apropos to this conversation, but I've been thinking
> for some time that it would be useful to have a minor mode which would
> activate org-style links in non-org files. For example if an org link
> in the comment section of a source-code document could be highlighted
> and activated so that the C-c C-o keybinding can be used to follow said
> link. -- Eric
Now I understand. Maybe someone can grab some code from Org and try to
write a minimal implementation of this.
--
Bastien
n.b. org-link-minor-mode exists, works, and i find it useful. i think it could use updating, but it is indispensible. btw i have not tried embark yet. i wonder if it could do something similar, or maybe it doesn't fontify. meanwhile, for years now i'm finding that i am wanting a new link-like anchor-like feature that would also be a minor mode for non-org and org. a little similar to org-link-minor-mode in usage. it is a very simple feature that is sort of a tiny subset of what id markers can do [those are extensible syntax thunks that use org ids in org and non-org]. i want to be able to place ===link thunks=== anywhere, such as elisp or shell comments, and have features for listing all of them that exist in my common directories [shell, elisp, org] like a better lgrep with wgrep, navigating from one to the next, fontification, completion, etc. so for example, i could put ===refactor whatever=== on a few things in various files, and navigate among them. they kind of indicate a topic or allow gathering together things that are related. have to try embark sometime to see if it can do things like that. On 8/18/09, Bastien <bastienguerry@googlemail.com> wrote: > "Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes: > >> Not sure if this is apropos to this conversation, but I've been thinking >> for some time that it would be useful to have a minor mode which would >> activate org-style links in non-org files. For example if an org link >> in the comment section of a source-code document could be highlighted >> and activated so that the C-c C-o keybinding can be used to follow said >> link. -- Eric > > Now I understand. Maybe someone can grab some code from Org and try to > write a minimal implementation of this. > > -- > Bastien > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > -- The Kafka Pandemic A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com