Bug: Double colon in org link description breaks the link [9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)]

Bug: Double colon in org link description breaks the link [9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)]

[Steven Bagley]

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In emacs -Q:

1. M-x org-mode
2. insert the following line in the buffer (created by 
org-mac-grab-link)

- [[https://rgoswami.me/posts/org-note-workflow/][An Orgmode Note 
Workflow :: Rohit Goswami  Reflections]]

3. You can't follow the link using mouse-left because of the "::" in the 
link, which makes that line into an org "description list item". The 
message is "No link found".




Emacs  : GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin19.6.0, NS 
appkit-1894.60 Version 10.15.7 (Build 19H1030))
  of 2021-05-01
Package: Org mode version 9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ 
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)

current state:
==============
(setq
  org-link-elisp-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p
  org-bibtex-headline-format-function #[257 "\300\x01\236A\207" [:title] 3 
"\n\n(fn ENTRY)"]
  org-export-before-parsing-hook '(org-attach-expand-links)
  org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe)
  org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees 
org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-show-empty-lines
		  org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
  org-mode-hook '(#[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook 
change-major-mode-hook org-show-all append local] 5]
		 #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook 
org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5]
		 org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes)
  org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
  outline-isearch-open-invisible-function 
'outline-isearch-open-invisible
  org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
  org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer 
org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
  org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
  org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer)
  org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-activate 
org-babel-speed-command-activate)
  org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe 
org-babel-header-arg-expand)
  org-link-shell-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p
  org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer)
  org-agenda-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region nil
  org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
  org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe)
  org-link-parameters '(("attachment" :follow org-attach-follow 
:complete org-attach-complete-link) ("id" :follow org-id-open)
		       ("eww" :follow org-eww-open :store org-eww-store-link)
		       ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store org-rmail-store-link)
		       ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store org-mhe-store-link)
		       ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store org-irc-store-link :export 
org-irc-export)
		       ("info" :follow org-info-open :export org-info-export :store 
org-info-store-link)
		       ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store org-gnus-store-link)
		       ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export org-docview-export 
:store org-docview-store-link)
		       ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store org-bibtex-store-link)
		       ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export org-bbdb-export :complete 
org-bbdb-complete-link :store
			org-bbdb-store-link)
		       ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("file+sys") ("file+emacs") 
("shell" :follow org-link--open-shell)
		       ("news" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302\x04Q\x02\"\207" ["news" 
browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"])
		       ("mailto" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302\x04Q\x02\"\207" ["mailto" 
browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"])
		       ("https" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302\x04Q\x02\"\207" ["https" 
browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"])
		       ("http" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302\x04Q\x02\"\207" ["http" 
browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"])
		       ("ftp" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302\x04Q\x02\"\207" ["ftp" browse-url 
":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"])
		       ("help" :follow org-link--open-help) ("file" :complete 
org-link-complete-file)
		       ("elisp" :follow org-link--open-elisp) ("doi" :follow 
org-link--open-doi))
  org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
  )

Re: Bug: Double colon in org link description breaks the link [9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)]

[Bastien]

Hi Steven,

"Steven Bagley" <stevenbagley@fastmail.fm> writes:

> In emacs -Q:
>
> 1. M-x org-mode
> 2. insert the following line in the buffer (created by
> org-mac-grab-link)
>
> - [[https://rgoswami.me/posts/org-note-workflow/][An Orgmode Note
>   Workflow :: Rohit Goswami  Reflections]]
>
> 3. You can't follow the link using mouse-left because of the "::" in
> the link, which makes that line into an org "description list
> item". The message is "No link found".

Confirmed, thanks for the reproducible recipe.

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Bug: Double colon in org link description breaks the link [9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)]

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Steven,
>
> "Steven Bagley" <stevenbagley@fastmail.fm> writes:
>
>> In emacs -Q:
>>
>> 1. M-x org-mode
>> 2. insert the following line in the buffer (created by
>> org-mac-grab-link)
>>
>> - [[https://rgoswami.me/posts/org-note-workflow/][An Orgmode Note
>>   Workflow :: Rohit Goswami  Reflections]]
>>
>> 3. You can't follow the link using mouse-left because of the "::" in
>> the link, which makes that line into an org "description list
>> item". The message is "No link found".
>
> Confirmed, thanks for the reproducible recipe.

An item bullet followed by two colons is a special syntax in Org. It has
precedence over the link.

Besides saying "don't do that", the usual trick is to insert a zero
width space between the two colons.

Regards,
-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

Re: Bug: Double colon in org link description breaks the link [9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)]

[Steven Bagley]

I am aware of the meaning of "::". Is this a design decision or an implementation constraint? My intuition, obviously wrong here, is that link, being a special kind of object, should have priority over what amounts to a formatting command.

Thanks.

--Steve

On Mon, May 3, 2021, at 08:59, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Hi Steven,
> >
> > "Steven Bagley" <stevenbagley@fastmail.fm> writes:
> >
> >> In emacs -Q:
> >>
> >> 1. M-x org-mode
> >> 2. insert the following line in the buffer (created by
> >> org-mac-grab-link)
> >>
> >> - [[https://rgoswami.me/posts/org-note-workflow/][An Orgmode Note
> >>   Workflow :: Rohit Goswami  Reflections]]
> >>
> >> 3. You can't follow the link using mouse-left because of the "::" in
> >> the link, which makes that line into an org "description list
> >> item". The message is "No link found".
> >
> > Confirmed, thanks for the reproducible recipe.
> 
> An item bullet followed by two colons is a special syntax in Org. It has
> precedence over the link.
> 
> Besides saying "don't do that", the usual trick is to insert a zero
> width space between the two colons.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Nicolas Goaziou
> 

Re: Bug: Double colon in org link description breaks the link [9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)]

[Nicolas Goaziou]

"Steven Bagley" <stevenbagley@fastmail.fm> writes:

> I am aware of the meaning of "::". Is this a design decision or an
> implementation constraint? My intuition, obviously wrong here, is that
> link, being a special kind of object, should have priority over what
> amounts to a formatting command.

- ... :: is also a special kind of syntax. It starts before the link
  (and being a block element, it even has priority over link).

Have you tried the solution I gave you?

Regards,

Re: Bug: Double colon in org link description breaks the link [9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)]

[Steven Bagley]

Yes, that works for the example I quoted. The source of the original "::" is org-mac-link, not my typing. Maybe that could insert a different character sequence to avoid any confusion.

--Steve

On Mon, May 3, 2021, at 10:30, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> "Steven Bagley" <stevenbagley@fastmail.fm> writes:
> 
> > I am aware of the meaning of "::". Is this a design decision or an
> > implementation constraint? My intuition, obviously wrong here, is that
> > link, being a special kind of object, should have priority over what
> > amounts to a formatting command.
> 
> - ... :: is also a special kind of syntax. It starts before the link
>   (and being a block element, it even has priority over link).
> 
> Have you tried the solution I gave you?
> 
> Regards,
> 

Re: Bug: Double colon in org link description breaks the link [9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)]

[Bastien]

Hi Steven,

"Steven Bagley" <stevenbagley@fastmail.fm> writes:

> Yes, that works for the example I quoted. The source of the original
> "::" is org-mac-link, not my typing. Maybe that could insert a
> different character sequence to avoid any confusion.

can you propose a patch for this?  

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Bug: Double colon in org link description breaks the link [9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)]

[Bastien]

Hi,

"Steven Bagley" <stevenbagley@fastmail.fm> writes:

> Yes, that works for the example I quoted. The source of the original
> "::" is org-mac-link, not my typing. Maybe that could insert a
> different character sequence to avoid any confusion.

I had a look at org-mac-link.el but could not figure out what was
causing this.

org-mac-link.el lives in https://git.sr.ht/~bzg/org-contrib and
we make no promise on whether it's compatible with Org's core.

I'm closing this now.

-- 
 Bastien