On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 10:46 AM Michael Ax <michaelax@gmail.com> wrote:

* .... before i paste a link i type [[
* [[|]] .... this leaves the point right there.

That's not the default behavior. You probably have some auto-bracket-closing minor mode enabled.

then i paste and now i want to press [ to write my notes. when i do,
* [[http://link[|]]] i get a completely unexpected reaction.

That also does not happen by default.

you know what i mean, yes?

Yup.

It looks like this in emacs -Q: http://i.imgur.com/VEBhMEP.gifv