From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Abrahams Subject: Re: Feature request: Select links by description [7.4] Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:19:55 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87ipwqvksf.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38353 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PojMk-00047W-93 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:20:24 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PojMh-0007Ag-5y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:20:21 -0500 Received: from mail-gw0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:35418) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PojMg-00079N-8N for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:20:18 -0500 Received: by gwj22 with SMTP id 22so2020810gwj.0 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:20:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87ipwqvksf.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bastien Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Bastien wrot= e: > Hi Dave, > > Dave Abrahams writes: > >> When using org-insert-link, it would be far better for me to have it >> show me the _descriptions_ of links (the default link text), rather >> than showing me the links themselves. =A0This is especially true of >> email links, which are generally long and unintelligible by >> themselves. >> >> I have something set up that stores a link to every email I send, so I >> can easily link to follow-ups in my active Org items. =A0As a result, I >> end up with *lots* of stored links, which makes this a real struggle. > > `org-insert-link' *does* already displays the description of the links > like this: > > http://orgmode.org (Org Mode website) > http://orgmode.org/worg/ (Worg website) > > The description is within the parenthese. > > I think it's good to have both the link *and* the description. > > What would be a better way of presenting the description? Since you asked: put the descriptions first. The links I store are fairly complicated: they bring up a virtual folder containing all the messages in the thread of the message I just sent, with the message itself selected. I'm sure the descriptions don't show up at all because they get pushed off the right edge of the window. --=20 Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com