Re: Case insensitivity of simple [[links]]

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis@me.com> writes:

>>> [...] call to 'org-toggle-link-display' does nothing.
>
>> It does nothing because it is one of the options that must be set before
>> Org mode is loaded. Resolving buffer-local variables happens after the
>> major mode is loaded.
>
> I have noticed that 'org-use-extra-keys', for example, is documented as
> "must set it before loading Org", but there is nothing similar in the
> 'org-link-descriptive' docstring.  So perhaps this is a bug, not a
> feature?

I was not precise. `org-link-descriptive' must be set before Org major
mode is loaded in current buffer. In general, all the Emacs
customization are not guaranteed to do anything when the major mode is
already loaded. There is a mechanism with :set function for defcustom,
but most people use setq that ignores this mechanism.

Anyway, I just added a :set function for `org-link-descriptive' on main.
It will be used when customization interface, `setopt', or
`custom-set-variables' is used.

> Upon a quick look, 'org-toggle-link-display' does exactly two things:
>
>   1. (setq org-link-descriptive (not org-link-descriptive)) and
>   2. (org-link-descriptive-ensure),
>
> where 'org-link-descriptive-ensure' wraps exactly one expression:
>
>   (org-fold-core-set-folding-spec-property
>      (car org-link--link-folding-spec)
>      :visible (not org-link-descriptive))
>
> Could Org execute this expression after loading a document, given the
> buffer-local value of 'org-link-descriptive' necessitates it?

No. Because the code execution during Org loading happens before Emacs
loads file-local variables. This is by major mode design and we cannot
do much about this. See https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=57003

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