Re: Link-protocols

[Anthony Lander <anthonylander@yahoo.com>]

On 10-Feb-26, at 8:57 AM, Christian Zang wrote:

> I use org-mode for notes, and DEVONthink and Papers on the mac for  
> storing reference material. I want to add links to entries in  
> DEVONthink and Papers to my org-files, but org doesn't understand  
> links like
>
> papers://doi/10.1038/463860a
>
> or
>
> x-devonthink-item://6EB3DF6A-9B0D-4D26-A7D3-86D0B589E455
>
> However, when I paste these links into my browser, the desired  
> documents open in the respective app.
>
> Is there a way to add these "protocols" to the protocols org can  
> handle? I looked into org-follow-link, but couldn't come up with a  
> solution.
>

Hi Christian,

Here is a snippet I use for opening Together links (another mac  
organizer):

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(org-add-link-type "x-together-item" 'org-together-item-open)

(defun org-together-item-open (uid)
   "Open the given uid, which is a reference to an item in Together"
   (shell-command (concat "open \"x-together-item:" uid "\"")))
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I suspect that this can be adapted for your purposes as well.

Regards,

   --Anthony