I mean something like:

* Heading

[[http:abc{{{input-file}}}]

When exporting it to html then the link is not replaced.

I'm talking about expansion when exporting.

But I also implemented macro expansion for following links within emacs quite a while ago. Different story but also very powerful especially for action links and deep links into other applications.

Am Di., 27. Dez. 2022 um 16:30 Uhr schrieb Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>:

Michael Dauer <mick.dauer@gmail.com> writes:

> I do not understand why links are excluded from macro expansion. I would
> see it as very valuable to have macros for links too.

Are they? Could you please provide an example?

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