Re: org-link interface

[Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net>]

On 10/13/16 8:14 AM, John Kitchin wrote:
> In org8, this is not that easy to do, but not impossible.
> 
> Why do not you want to use [[foo:bar][bar]]?

Hi John,

I'm fine using [[foo:bar][bar]], but it is much longer to type.

Slightly changing my question: there is a way to instruct
org-insert-link to derive a default value for the description from the
path?  I had a look at the code, and it does not seem so.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Daniele


> Daniele Nicolodi writes:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to add a new link type to org-mode.  Following the example
>> in the manual it is a very easy task.  However I would like to customize
>> how the link is visualized, specifically I would like a link like
>> "[[foo:bar]]" to be visualized simply as "bar" where the protocol type
>> has been hidden (same effect I would obtain with a link in the form
>> "[[foo:bar][bar]]".
>>
>> Is it possible to hook somehow into org-mode to have that transformation
>> done, or there is an easy way to accomplish that?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Daniele
> 
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