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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Joseph Turner <joseph@ushin.org>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
Subject: Re: Should org-link-parser add type "file" when link has no "file:" prefix?
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 14:49:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wmsx3vyc.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o7e9ei3p.fsf@ushin.org>

Joseph Turner <joseph@ushin.org> writes:

> I expect the following to return "[[/foobar]]":
>
> (with-temp-buffer
>   (delay-mode-hooks (org-mode))
>   (insert "[[/foobar]]")
>   (goto-char (point-min))
>   (let ((link (org-element-link-parser)))
>     (org-element-link-interpreter link nil)))
>
> Instead, it returns "[[file:/foobar]]".

Thanks for reporting!
Fixed, on main.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=d15e52fef

> In hyperdrive.el currently, "[[/foobar]]" and "[[file:/foobar]]" have
> different meanings: a link with no protocol prefix, like "[[/foobar]]",
> points to a file inside of the same hyperdrive (virtual p2p folder),
> whereas a link with the "file" protocol prefix, like "[[file:/foobar]]",
> points to a file on the local filesystem:

I do not recommend such approach. From the point of view of most of the
Org mode code, it makes no difference whether file link has file: or
not. So, you may face unexpected issues.

It would be more reliable to provide a separate link type.
We might even extend the special file+application: link type syntax that
already allows special behavior for opening file links.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2023-12-29 14:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-29  4:12 Should org-link-parser add type "file" when link has no "file:" prefix? Joseph Turner
2023-12-29 14:49 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2023-12-29 22:05   ` Joseph Turner
2023-12-30 21:12     ` Joseph Turner
2023-12-31 15:07     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-01  6:52       ` Joseph Turner
2024-01-02 13:20         ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-14  7:10           ` Joseph Turner
2024-01-16 13:40             ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-16 20:16               ` Joseph Turner
2024-01-17 13:15                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-31 22:10                   ` joseph
2024-02-01 12:23                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-02-02  4:35                       ` joseph
2024-02-02 16:01                         ` Ihor Radchenko

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