Re: Link Display [WAS Recent changes: Internal linking]

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

On Mar 27, 2006, at 2:44, Scott Otterson wrote:

> Carsten,
>
> I realized that I might have been too limited in my suggestion.  It 
> would be great if _all_ links were hideable, not just the internal 
> links.
>
> I'm finding C-c C-l very convenient for pasting in URL's -- it's just
>
> 	C-c C-l
> 	C-y
> 	<return>
>
> and, while it would be a shame to slow this down, a possible UI for 
> named links could be to add a "Description:" question after the Link: 
> question; if the user hits return without typing anything, then the 
> link would be normally displayed, with no description.
>

Yes, is is an obvious generalization.  In fact, you can already write 
something like

   [[http://www.google.com][Google Search]]

and the exporter will do the right thing.  So yes, If hideable links 
are implemented for internal links, this will automatically also work 
for external links.

- Carsten