Re: copying text from links makes it with a starting [[

[Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>]

what i do is the dumb solution.  c-c c-l, kill the url, c-g.

On 1/13/23, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:
> Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> What exactly do you do to copy the link?
>>> See https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback
>>>
>>
>> Imagine I've this org fragment:
>>
>> Link: [[https://foo.com]]
>>
>> where the link is displayed without brackets, in org mode.
>> I place the point at the beginning of the first visibile character,
>> hence the 'h', and the C-space M-e M-w and then go to another
>> application and paste the content of the clipboard.
>
> Then, brackets being included is expected behaviour. Org cannot really
> know whether you want to copy link as actual link or as Org markup.
>
> If your link also contains escaped symbols, copying becomes even more
> tricky: [[https:test.asd/\]\]s]] (original link: <https:test.asd/]]s>)
>
> I am not sure what would be the best interface in your situation other
> than creating a dedicated function to copy the link address.
>
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