Re: org-link minor mode

["Christopher J. White" <orgmode@grierwhite.com>]

This is pretty cool, Sean.  One issue I'm having is that it does not 
properly handle "breaking" the link:

"[[link][description]]" is displayed as "link", with the cursor after 
link.  In org-mode, if I hit backspace, it deletes the trailing ']' and 
changes the display to "[[link][description]".  But using this minor 
mode, it keeps still just shows "link".  If I turn minor mode off again, 
it's clear that the trailing bracket was deleted.

I took a look at the org source regarding links, but I couldn't quite 
figure out how org does this.  It just calls org-delete-backward-char, 
which doesn't appear to have any magic for links.

Thanks
...cj


On 8/12/12 4:25 PM, Sean O'Halpin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been hacking this weekend to try to create a minor mode that
> enables org-mode bracket links in modes other than org-mode.
>
> I believe this has been mooted before
> (e.g. 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2009-08/msg00573.html).
>
> The following codes works for me but I'm sure it could be improved.
>
> I'm an elisp noob so I'd very much appreciate feedback on the approach
> I'm taking.  For example, I'm not sure how to prevent turning on
> org-link-minor-mode from an org-mode buffer - advice would be welcome.
>
> Regards,
> Sean
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>
> (require 'org)
>
> (define-minor-mode org-link-minor-mode
>    "Toggle display of org-mode style bracket links in non-org-mode 
> buffers."
>    :lighter " org-link"
>    (let ((org-link-minor-mode-keywords (list
> '(org-activate-bracket-links (0 'org-link t)))))
>      (save-excursion
>        (save-match-data
>          (goto-char (point-min))
>          (if org-link-minor-mode
>              (progn
>                (font-lock-add-keywords nil org-link-minor-mode-keywords t)
>                (set (make-local-variable 'org-descriptive-links)
> org-descriptive-links)
>                (if org-descriptive-links (add-to-invisibility-spec 
> '(org-link)))
>                (font-lock-fontify-buffer)
>                )
>            (progn
>              (font-lock-remove-keywords nil org-link-minor-mode-keywords)
>              (org-remove-from-invisibility-spec '(org-link))
>              (while (re-search-forward org-bracket-link-regexp nil t)
>                ;; Remove all org-link properties
>                (remove-text-properties (match-beginning 0) (match-end
> 0) (text-properties-at (match-beginning 0)))
>                )
>              )
>            )))))
>
> (provide 'org-link-minor-mode)
>
> #+end_src
>
>