Yes, with pleasure:

Let's put it the most simple way:


1. Here is my new-link definition:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (org-link-set-parameters "new-link" :help-echo "show new-link's help echo")
#+end_src

(it doesn't change matter, if there would be :follow or :store function etc.)


2. the 'tooltip' shows my :help-echo string as expected.

[[new-link:awesome]]


3. Then I add the following abbreviation of the above link:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (setq org-link-abbrev-alist '(("nl" . "new-link::%s")))
#+end_src


4. the 'tooltip' does not work but shows the default:

[[nl:awesome]]


Hope that clarifies the issue.


Thanks once more for your sustained patience making link handling much
easier and more powerful!
mc



> On 20 Aug 2016, at 17:17, John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> 
> that isn't a feature I have used too often. Could you post a small example that illustrates the problem? Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
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> 
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:13 AM, mc <mc@aiguphonie.com <mailto:mc@aiguphonie.com>> wrote:
> The new link parameters are fabulous!
> 
> Only the parameter ':help-echo' seems not to be respected, if a link is used by an abbreviated form as defined by the 'org-link-abbrev-alist'.
> 
> Would be nice, if this could be fixed.
> 
> Anyway, thank you for this big step forward,
> mc
>