* Using a simpler link syntax in org-mode?
@ 2014-02-07 2:28 Aviv
2014-02-12 17:26 ` John Kitchin
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From: Aviv @ 2014-02-07 2:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
I'd like to have links with the syntax [[foo bar]] go to files with the name
foo bar.org. This would make using org-mode much more like using a personal
local wiki.
Is this possible without breaking existing link functionality? I'd also
ideally still be able to export to html, etc. with standard org-mode tools.
The best I've been able to do is something like:
(setq org-link-abbrev-alist '(("o" . "file:%s.org")))
This lets me use the syntax [[o:foo bar]], but that is more verbose, and
looks distractingly ugly inline.
For example: The quick brown o:fox jumps over the o:lazy_dog.
And `[[o:foo bar][foo bar]]` is even
more verbose to type and edit (though it reads fine in org modde).
FYI, I was asked to crosspost this from stackoverflow at
http://stackoverflow.com/q/21085720/1137803
(I waited several weeks with no answer; I hope that is appropriate)
Regards
- Aviv
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* Re: Using a simpler link syntax in org-mode?
2014-02-07 2:28 Using a simpler link syntax in org-mode? Aviv
@ 2014-02-12 17:26 ` John Kitchin
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From: John Kitchin @ 2014-02-12 17:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Aviv; +Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
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you can kind of achieve this with yasnippet. I made this below:
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name: simple-link
# key: sl
# --
[[$1.org][$1]
to use it, you type sl, press tab, type in the file, and then tab ], and
you get your link. that may be better than typing everything out, if you
remember sl for simple link, and press tab. I tried to not have the
trailing ] typed in, but as soon as you type a character org shrinks the
link and it does not behave as you want.
As an alternative, consider writing a short emacs function that inserts
what you want.
(defun sl (link)
(interactive "sLink: ")
(insert (format "[[%s.org][%s]]" link link)))
Now you type M-x sl
then enter the link in the minibuffer.
What you want probably isn't feasible. How do you differentiate [[foo bar]]
from a file and a heading in the current file? Another customization
variable ;)
John
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On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Aviv <orgmodegmaneFeb14.z.m1@dfgh.net>wrote:
> I'd like to have links with the syntax [[foo bar]] go to files with the
> name
> foo bar.org. This would make using org-mode much more like using a
> personal
> local wiki.
>
> Is this possible without breaking existing link functionality? I'd also
> ideally still be able to export to html, etc. with standard org-mode tools.
>
> The best I've been able to do is something like:
> (setq org-link-abbrev-alist '(("o" . "file:%s.org")))
>
> This lets me use the syntax [[o:foo bar]], but that is more verbose, and
> looks distractingly ugly inline.
> For example: The quick brown o:fox jumps over the o:lazy_dog.
> And `[[o:foo bar][foo bar]]` is even
> more verbose to type and edit (though it reads fine in org modde).
>
> FYI, I was asked to crosspost this from stackoverflow at
> http://stackoverflow.com/q/21085720/1137803
> (I waited several weeks with no answer; I hope that is appropriate)
>
> Regards
> - Aviv
>
>
>
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