From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "T. V. Raman" Subject: POLL: Anyone using CamelCase links? Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:31:01 -0700 Message-ID: <17650.61461.355620.647680@localhost.localdomain> References: Reply-To: raman@users.sf.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GHhCj-0002rv-Pf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:31:05 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GHhCh-0002rU-9E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:31:04 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GHhCh-0002rR-6p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:31:03 -0400 Received: from [216.148.227.152] (helo=rwcrmhc12.comcast.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GHhLe-0000na-IS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:40:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: dominik@science.uva.nl Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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 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 -- Best Regards, --raman Email: raman@users.sf.net WWW: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/ AIM: emacspeak GTalk: tv.raman.tv@gmail.com PGP: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/raman-almaden.asc Google: tv+raman IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/#emacs