From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Abrahams Subject: Re: Bug: unable to open link unless `...from-string' [7.7 (release_7.7.292.g0d4e8.dirty)] Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:13:18 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87zki4tl4u.wl%dmaus@ictsoc.de> <87aa9zx2f3.wl%dmaus@ictsoc.de> <87wrd1ji4f.wl%dmaus@ictsoc.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48493) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R6k1n-0000PV-1H for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:13:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R6k1i-0006lQ-U1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:13:26 -0400 Received: from mail-qy0-f176.google.com ([209.85.216.176]:62171) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R6k1i-0006lE-QY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:13:22 -0400 Received: by qyk27 with SMTP id 27so2993934qyk.0 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:13:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87wrd1ji4f.wl%dmaus@ictsoc.de> (David Maus's message of "Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:50:08 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: David Maus Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org on Thu Sep 22 2011, David Maus wrote: >> > The link escaping was changed in November 2010, maybe the link in >> > question is an old one? >> >> Yep. > > Good. This explains it. I think it's unfortunate that link escaping should have been changed in a backward-incompatible way. Seems like the "right" thing to do would have been to add a fallback to the old interpretation if the new one failed. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com