* org-mode export to html fails for unknown link types - telephone links
@ 2023-04-21 10:29 Eugen Stan
2023-04-23 15:32 ` Ihor Radchenko
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From: Eugen Stan @ 2023-04-21 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi,
I am building my wedding page with org mode. Yay!.
I tried to add telephone links so people can click on the link and it
will do something useful.
I used this markup [[tel:(+40)55-555-555][(+40)55-555-555]] to produce
something like <a href="tel:(+40)55-555-555">(+40)55-555-555</a> .
However It failed because the tel: is not recognized link.
I believe the default behavior of failing to export when encountering an
unknown link type is not ok.
IMO org-mode export should allow export for unknown links.
Support for tel: links might be added to org-mode by default since it is
simple to add and quite useful, at least in HTML export .
See https://css-tricks.com/the-current-state-of-telephone-links/ .
It seems it might work in PDF exports as well
https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-reader-discussions/how-to-make-clickable-phone-numbers-in-pdfs/m-p/5822600
.
Regardless, having the export fail is a bug IMO.
To build my website I followed a slightly updated version of
https://systemcrafters.net/publishing-websites-with-org-mode/building-the-site/
.
I made it work with some customization but I do believe the default
(require 'ox-publish)
(require 'ol)
(org-link-set-parameters "tel"
:export #'org-tel-export)
(defun org-tel-export (link description format _)
"Export a tel link from Org files."
(let ((path link)
(desc (or description link)))
(pcase format
(`html (format "<a class=\"org-tel-href\" href=\"tel:%s\">%s</a>"
path desc))
(`latex (format "\\href{%s}{%s}" path desc))
(`texinfo (format "@uref{%s,%s}" path desc))
(`ascii (format "%s (%s)" desc path))
(t path))))
(setq org-publish-project-alist
`(("nunta-org-site"
:recursive t
...... )
(org-publish-all t)
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* Re: org-mode export to html fails for unknown link types - telephone links
2023-04-21 10:29 org-mode export to html fails for unknown link types - telephone links Eugen Stan
@ 2023-04-23 15:32 ` Ihor Radchenko
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ihor Radchenko @ 2023-04-23 15:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eugen Stan; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Eugen Stan <eugen@ieugen.ro> writes:
> I am building my wedding page with org mode. Yay!.
> I tried to add telephone links so people can click on the link and it
> will do something useful.
>
> I used this markup [[tel:(+40)55-555-555][(+40)55-555-555]] to produce
> something like <a href="tel:(+40)55-555-555">(+40)55-555-555</a> .
>
> However It failed because the tel: is not recognized link.
It is not what is happening.
[[arbitrary text not matching known link type]] links are treated as
fuzzy links searching within current buffer. See 4.2 Internal Links
section of Org manual.
So, Org tries to search for tel:... targets and named elements in
current buffer, fails to do so, and reports that the link is broken to
the user.
> I believe the default behavior of failing to export when encountering an
> unknown link type is not ok.
I hope it is clear now that it is not unknown link type. There is no
such notion in Org as a link with unknown link type.
> Support for tel: links might be added to org-mode by default since it is
> simple to add and quite useful, at least in HTML export .
> See https://css-tricks.com/the-current-state-of-telephone-links/ .
Agree. Patches welcome!
--
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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