From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: Accessing the communication channel from a link exporter Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:39:23 +0200 Message-ID: <87inuf1sn8.fsf@saiph.selenimh> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55736) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bfV1T-0002A9-5P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:39:28 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bfV1R-00077w-BX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:39:26 -0400 Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:c:538::196]:32944) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bfV1R-00077h-5A for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:39:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Arun Isaac's message of "Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:27:32 +0530") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Arun Isaac Cc: org-mode-email Hello, Arun Isaac writes: > When adding a new hyperlink type using `org-add-link-type', how do I > access the info communication channel from the link exporter function? You cannot. The :export link parameter is orthogonal to the export back-end. The latter only kicks in once the former forfeits. > Not being able to access the communication channel limits what I can do > with `org-add-link-type', and I end up creating a derived backend with > my own link transcoder function. Is that the recommended way to do it? That's the idea, yes. Out of curiosity, what kind of link are you using, that is dependant about context ? Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou