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From: "T. V. Raman" <raman@users.sf.net>
To: dominik@science.uva.nl
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: POLL: Anyone using CamelCase links?
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:31:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <17650.61461.355620.647680@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c19b94f703d417ea4b3aded2743b59b7@science.uva.nl>


I've personally found camel-case links in wiki-like things to
give initial gratification, but also prove fragile over time.

For instance, if you cut and paste code --- all hell breaks loose
if you're dealing with java or c++ code.

Scottish names etc as you point out are another example. As long
as it's an optional, customizable feature, it's fine, but let's
not hard-wire it or make it the default.

>>>>> "Carsten" == Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
    Carsten> I've got a question for you: I do have a number of
    Carsten> requests to make linking between different org-mode
    Carsten> files easier, so that it becomes simple to link
    Carsten> between pages that may be published on the web.
    Carsten> Most requests go into the direction of enabling
    Carsten> CamelCase words as links to other pages.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> The current way of linking to another page would be
    Carsten> 
    Carsten>     [[file:someotherfile.org][some other file]]
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> and the proposals I have seen would make
    Carsten> SomeOtherFile to automatically be a link to this
    Carsten> file.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> Now, let me first say that I am not a big fan of
    Carsten> using CamelCase links, because this system can
    Carsten> easily cause inconsistencies, because scottish names
    Carsten> and other thinks look like CamelCase, but should not
    Carsten> become links.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> However, I can see how it might be useful to have a
    Carsten> simple way to connect to other pages.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> CamelCase *can* be activated already in the current
    Carsten> version of Org-mode, but then it leads to a text
    Carsten> search in the current file.  Personally I am not
    Carsten> using it, and frankly I think this way to write a
    Carsten> search is crap.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> To make a long story short, I am considering to
    Carsten> (optionally, of course) make CamelCase words links
    Carsten> to other files, and I am hesitating because I don't
    Carsten> want to break established behavior, even if it is
    Carsten> crap.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> So finally here is the question: Are you using the
    Carsten> current implementation of CamelCase as a way to
    Carsten> define in-buffer searches?  If yes, do you rely on
    Carsten> this feature?
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> Thanks.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> - Carsten
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> _______________________________________________
    Carsten> Emacs-orgmode mailing list Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
    Carsten> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode

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--raman

      
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      reply	other threads:[~2006-08-28 13:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-08-28  6:37 POLL: Anyone using CamelCase links? Carsten Dominik
2006-08-28 13:31 ` T. V. Raman [this message]

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