[PATCH] Add markdown support to contrib/org-man export

[PATCH] Add markdown support to contrib/org-man export

[Jb]

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Hey Org-mode enthusiasts,

Find attached a patch adding export of manual links for markdown.

I wanted to get links to man pages to work nicely for my blog 
using ox-hugo, an org exporter based on markdown, built by 
well-known org enthusiast Kaushal Modi.


Org snippet to demonstrate export to markdown feature:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
I sure love [[man:emacs][GNU Emacs]].
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

org-md-export-to-markdown before (link description missing, booh):

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
I sure love http://man.he.net/?topic=emacs&section=all.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Export to markdown after (pretty, valid markdown, yey):

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
I sure love [GNU 
Emacs](http://man.he.net/?topic=emacs&section=all).
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

This is my first contribution (I welcome feedback regarding patch 
formatting etc). No FSF papers due to contrib/.
Happy I can finally contribute /something/ back, and scratching 
that itch feels nice.

Have a fantastic day.

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Jb


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From c7c2fe978a134347a0b6c30667015c687803eb12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jb DOYON <jb@jiby.tech>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 21:19:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] contrib/ol-man.el: Add markdown support to org-man export

---
 contrib/lisp/ol-man.el | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/contrib/lisp/ol-man.el b/contrib/lisp/ol-man.el
index 580556a..5cb7e01 100644
--- a/contrib/lisp/ol-man.el
+++ b/contrib/lisp/ol-man.el
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ PATH should be a topic that can be thrown at the man command."
      ((eq format 'latex) (format "\\href{%s}{%s}" path desc))
      ((eq format 'texinfo) (format "@uref{%s,%s}" path desc))
      ((eq format 'ascii) (format "%s (%s)" desc path))
+     ((eq format 'md) (format "[%s](%s)" desc path))
      (t path))))
 
 (provide 'ol-man)
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2.20.1

Re: [PATCH] Add markdown support to contrib/org-man export

[Kyle Meyer]

Jb writes:

> Hey Org-mode enthusiasts,
>
> Find attached a patch adding export of manual links for markdown.

Thanks for the patch.

> This is my first contribution (I welcome feedback regarding patch 
> formatting etc).

Looks good.  Things are more lax in contrib/, but commit messages tend
to still follow the format described at
<https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html>.

Applied, adding a changelog entry to the message, in 2fa1dc34b.