Re: Variable Hyperlinks ?

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:

> I use Org with Emacs 28.2 on Linux and BeOrg on iPhones.  I don't
> believe iPhones support "symbolic links".  Therefore, where I mount a
> USB key on each is going to be a different directory.  I'd like to store
> pictures on my USB key and reference them via "file:" hyperlinks in
> Org. My problem is accounting for the different directory locations.
>
> Can I create a variable (property? tag?) in my Org file that will have
> the path to the USB key directory and use that in an Org hyperlink?

You can have environment variables in link paths:

[[file:$HOME/wallpaper.png]]

Alternatively, you can define a link abbreviation:

#+link: local-file /home/user/

[[local-file:wallpaper.png]]

and then load it via #+SETUPFILE with different setupfiles on PC and
phone.

Or you can have a custom link type.

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