[FR] Do not resolve relative "file" paths

[FR] Do not resolve relative "file" paths

[Ruijie Yu via General discussions about Org-mode.]

Both Emacs and Org are on recent master commits.

Repro:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ cd $(mktemp -d)
$ mkdir 1
$ touch 2
$ emacs -L /org/lisp/ -Q 1/3.org
M-: emacs-repository-version RET
    "db7e95531ac36ae842787b6c5f2859d0642c78cc"
M-x org-version RET
    Org mode version 9.7-pre (release_9.6.1-321-g44e1cb @ /opt/src/emacs/packages/orgmode/main/lisp/)
C-c C-l file:../4 RET RET
    [[file:/tmp/tmp.ztrbRDDtKy/4]]
C-c C-l file:../2 RET RET
    [[file:/tmp/tmp.ztrbRDDtKy/2]]
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Note that I showcased both ../4 and ../2 because it seems that the
referenced file does not need to exist.

I expect the links to be literally [[file:../4]] and [[file:../2]]
respectively.  This is helpful for me to reference other files
relatively (e.g., in a repository).

For example, since I am working on translating orgweb to zh_CN, I have
/zh_CN/index.org referencing /resources/img/xyz.svg, where after I do
`C-c C-l file:../resources/img/xyz.svg RET' inside /zh_CN/index.org, Org
resolves this link to an absolute path which is counterproductive and
does not work beyond my own computer.

--
Best,


RY

Re: [FR] Do not resolve relative "file" paths

[Ihor Radchenko]

Ruijie Yu via "General discussions about Org-mode."
<emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> writes:

> C-c C-l file:../4 RET RET
>     [[file:/tmp/tmp.ztrbRDDtKy/4]]
> C-c C-l file:../2 RET RET
>     [[file:/tmp/tmp.ztrbRDDtKy/2]]
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Note that I showcased both ../4 and ../2 because it seems that the
> referenced file does not need to exist.
>
> I expect the links to be literally [[file:../4]] and [[file:../2]]
> respectively.  This is helpful for me to reference other files
> relatively (e.g., in a repository).

You can customize `org-link-file-path-type'.

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Re: [FR] Do not resolve relative "file" paths

[Ihor Radchenko]

[FR] Do not resolve relative "file" paths

Canceled.

Re: [FR] Do not resolve relative "file" paths

[Ruijie Yu via General discussions about Org-mode.]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> [...]
> You can customize `org-link-file-path-type'.

Thank you, this is exactly what I needed.  It is even able to convert my
previous absolute paths back to relative paths, which is great.

--
Best,


RY

Re: [FR] Do not resolve relative "file" paths

[Samuel Wales]

might or might not help also that the default value appers to use
substitute-in-file-name behind the scenes.

On 3/27/23, Ruijie Yu via General discussions about Org-mode.
<emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> [...]
>> You can customize `org-link-file-path-type'.
>
> Thank you, this is exactly what I needed.  It is even able to convert my
> previous absolute paths back to relative paths, which is great.
>
> --
> Best,
>
>
> RY
>
>


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