From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Accessing the communication channel from a link exporter
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2016 08:30:02 -0400
Message-ID: <m2lgzascvp.fsf@Johns-MacBook-Air.local>
References: <cu7vayhi21f.fsf@systemreboot.net> <87inuf1sn8.fsf@saiph.selenimh>
	<cu7d1knqxu8.fsf@systemreboot.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
Return-path: <emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50034)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <johnrkitchin@gmail.com>) id 1bfnd7-0000oA-PL
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2016 08:31:34 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <johnrkitchin@gmail.com>) id 1bfnd2-0004Yo-OP
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2016 08:31:32 -0400
Received: from mail-qk0-f182.google.com ([209.85.220.182]:33485)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <johnrkitchin@gmail.com>) id 1bfnd2-0004R8-L3
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2016 08:31:28 -0400
Received: by mail-qk0-f182.google.com with SMTP id z190so115953502qkc.0
	for <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>; Fri, 02 Sep 2016 05:31:07 -0700 (PDT)
In-reply-to: <cu7d1knqxu8.fsf@systemreboot.net>
List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." <emacs-orgmode.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Sender: "Emacs-orgmode"
	<emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
Cc: org-mode-email <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>

I think this is the kind of thing you can use a filter for, or a
function in the org-export-before-processing-hook to change the paths
prior to export.

Arun Isaac writes:

>> Out of curiosity, what kind of link are you using, that is dependant
>> about context ?
>
> Actually, I don't need the context of the link in the org document. I
> need some properties defined in the plist of the component in
> org-publish-project-alist. So, I use the info communication channel to
> access these properties.
>
> I maintain a few websites with org mode. When I publish an image link
> with org, the exported HTML contains the full filesystem path of the
> image. The page wouldn't work if I published it on the web. My link type
> needs to know the path of the web server's docroot to remove that
> component from the full filesystem path. This path is defined in one of
> the properties in org-publish-project-alist, and I need the info
> communication channel to access it.


-- 
Professor John Kitchin
Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
@johnkitchin
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu