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From: Greg Minshall <minshall@acm.org>
Subject: Re: exporting link abbreviations
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 22:42:41 +0100
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To: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
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Nicholas,

> You may want to add gmap as a new link type with dedicated export
> functions. See `org-add-link-type'.

awesome -- thanks!  (sorry i didn't see it/think of it in the manual.)

cheers, Greg
----
Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Greg Minshall <minshall@acm.org> writes:
> 
> > but, i'm less happy with how these links look when i've provided no
> > description and they are exported.  if i have a link like:
> > ----
> > [[gmap:123 Main Street, Our Town, California, United States]]
> > ----
> >
> > what is *shown* on the exported web page (say) is something ugly like:
> > ----
> > http://maps.google.com/maps?q=123%20Main%20Street,%20Our%20Town,%20California,%20United%20States
> > ----
> >
> > i'd rather not specify the address twice (once in the link tag, a second
> > time in the link description), out of laziness, i guess (but also for
> > 2nd-normal-form'ity).
> >
> > what i'd *like* the user to see on the web page is the address ("123
> > Main Street, Out Town, California, United States", in this example).
> >
> > i could define a macro:
> > ----
> > #+MACRO: gmap   [[gmap: $1][$1]]
> > ----
> > and invoke it with
> > ----
> > {{{gmap(123 Main Street Los Altos California United States)}}}
> > ----
> >
> > but then
> > 1) i'd have to get rid of the commas in the address (it might
> > be nice to have a "$*" or some such to give the entire argument ); and
> 
> No, you don't have to. Commas can be escaped within a macro:
> 
>   {{{gmap(123 Main Street\, Los Altos\, California\, United States)}}}
> 
> > 2) i wouldn't have the link active in my org-mode buffer itself
> > (something i find so magical, plus it helps entering the info to be able
> > to check the map before exporting).
> 
> You may want to add gmap as a new link type with dedicated export
> functions. See `org-add-link-type'.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Nicolas Goaziou
>