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From: John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>, Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>
Subject: Re: patch for custom colored links in org-mode
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2016 11:46:01 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2lh1k82me.fsf@Johns-MacBook-Air.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a8i1gd2t.fsf@saiph.selenimh>

>
> WDYT?
>
>> Presumably we would then eliminate the "org-%s-complete-link"
>> functions?
>
> Indeed.
>
> I think it is possible to proceed in four steps.
>
> 1. First, we create the variable, with appropriate getter, setter and
>    default values. At this point it is sufficient to
>    support :follow, :export and :completion properties only.

Would it make sense to use a defstruct for the link? Then we get getters
and setters automatically. We would still use an a-list of ("type"
org-link-struct). I see defstruct is an alias for cl-defstruct, does
that have Emacs version implications?

E.g.

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(defstruct org-link  follow export completion face display echo)
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
: org-link

A getter:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(let ((new-link (make-org-link :follow nil :face '(:background "red"))))
  (org-link-face new-link))
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
| :background | red |

A setter:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(let ((new-link (make-org-link :follow nil :face '(:background "red"))))
  (setf (org-link-face new-link) '(:background "blue"))
  (org-link-face new-link))
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
| :background | blue |

To get the follow property on a link it would look like:

(org-link-follow (cdr (assoc "type" org-link-parameters)))

It isn't that different from this:

(plist-get (cdr (assoc "type" org-link-parameters)) :follow)

and I suppose it might be nice to have

(org-link--get "type" :follow) instead.

WDYT?


> 2. Then we get all the code base to extract information about links
>    through this variable instead of various existing ways, namely,
>    `org-%s-complete-link', `org-link-protocols' and `org-link-types'.
>
> 3. Then we extend it with new properties, i.e., :display, :echo
>    and :face.
>
> 4. Document the changes in the manual and ORG-NEWS file.
>
> You have mostly worked out the third part of the process. Do you want to
> take a stab at any of the other steps? Or do you prefer me to do some
> parts?
>
> Regards,


-- 
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Department of Chemical Engineering
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  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-02 15:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-26 13:35 patch for custom colored links in org-mode John Kitchin
2016-06-27 12:52 ` Christian Wittern
2016-06-28 14:46 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-06-28 18:34   ` Thomas S. Dye
2016-06-28 19:23   ` Rasmus
2016-06-28 20:11     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-06-28 20:27       ` Rasmus
2016-06-28 20:44         ` John Kitchin
2016-07-01 23:23         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-07-06 11:25           ` Rasmus
2016-06-28 20:42       ` John Kitchin
2016-07-01 12:51         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-07-01 17:20           ` John Kitchin
2016-07-01 23:20             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-07-02 15:46               ` John Kitchin [this message]
2016-07-02 22:17                 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-07-03 20:57               ` John Kitchin
2016-06-29  0:44   ` John Kitchin
2016-06-30 11:58     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-06-30 17:44       ` John Kitchin
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2016-07-02  0:51 John Kitchin

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