Re: Encoding Problem in export?

[Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>]

Nicolas, David

I just interjected.

Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:

> ...if that part cannot happen for some reason, links will be unusable
> outside Org.

Correctness should overrule compatibility.  In practice, we may have to
strike a balance, with more weight thrown in favor of correctness.  

I am stating the obvious here, but in a way that is practically useless
to the discussion at hand.

I trust that any solution that you come up with will be a good one.
Also the timing is right.  We can always say Org-8.0 makes a clear
departure from earlier versions for reasons of robustness and
correctness.

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Speaking from gut (aka making things up)

Link (un)escaping has also something to do with org-protocol and how the
URL in browser's address bar is "captured", "encoded"(?) and
"transferred" to the Emacs proper via the bookmarklet.  So the browser
(don't forget the clipboard) acts as *active* intermediaries as the URL
makes it's way from the browser to the Org file either via hand or
through emacsclient.  To complicate the issue, browser being user facing
may be expected to be very lenient with a URL or how it is "presented"
to the user.

ps-1: org-protocol to work on Windows is quite flaky.

ps-2: There are frequent posts to Emacs mailing lists where copying from
browser to a Emacs buffer will show up un-readable boxes.

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Don't read further, if you are allergic to meta musings.

As far as Org is concerned, backward compatibility is not a issue.  The
community is always being replaced *every* academic year.  New scholars
come and the old scholars leave.  The only steady lot of the population
is the college dons.  They will not rely on Org *solely* for serious
publishing work.  They do revise their course support material - like
beamer presentations etc - every term.

In summary, shelf-life of an Org source file that is actually exported
is unlikely to be beyond 4-5 years.  The contents of such source file
has less of stable parts and more of moving parts.