[PATCH] org-link: Add async-shell link

[pinmacs]

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pinmacs


From 5b365ea9d5a63c7bc9363e45feb269ff71f05e39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pinmacs <pinm...@cas.cat>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 15:53:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] org-link: Add async-shell link

* lisp/ol.el (org-link)
renamed from org-link--open-shell to org-link--execute-shell-command
added wrapper function org-link--open-shell
added wrapper function org-link--open-async-shell
added async-shell link
---
 etc/ORG-NEWS |  5 +++++
 lisp/ol.el   | 13 +++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index 62502a678..4cfd436d5 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ You can now create links to =shortdoc= documentation groups for Emacs
 Lisp functions (see =M-x shortdoc-display-group=).  Requires Emacs 28
 or newer.
 
+*** =ol.el: New =async-shell= link type
+
+You can now create links to execute programs asynchronously. This
+means Emacs will not freeze while waiting for the link to execute.
+
 *** Some navigation commands can now be repeated
 
 When ~repeat-mode~ is turned on, the following navigation commands can
diff --git a/lisp/ol.el b/lisp/ol.el
index 5a87f6e5d..42538dc7e 100644
--- a/lisp/ol.el
+++ b/lisp/ol.el
@@ -2299,8 +2299,8 @@ string\"."
 			     (browse-url (concat scheme ":" url) arg))))
 
 ;;;; "shell" link type
-(defun org-link--open-shell (path _)
-  "Open a \"shell\" type link.
+(defun org-link--execute-shell-command (path async)
+  "Open a \"shell\" or \"async-shell\" type link.
 PATH is the command to execute, as a string."
   (if (or (and (org-string-nw-p org-link-shell-skip-confirm-regexp)
 	       (string-match-p org-link-shell-skip-confirm-regexp path))
@@ -2317,7 +2317,16 @@ PATH is the command to execute, as a string."
 		      clean-buffer-list-kill-buffer-names))))
     (user-error "Abort")))
 
+(defun org-link--open-shell (path _)
+  "Follow a \"shell\" link by running PATH synchronously."
+  (org-link--execute-shell-command path nil))
+
+(defun org-link--open-async-shell (path _)
+  "Follow an \"async-shell\" link by running PATH asynchronously."
+  (org-link--execute-shell-command path t))
+
 (org-link-set-parameters "shell" :follow #'org-link--open-shell)
+(org-link-set-parameters "async-shell" :follow #'org-link--open-async-shell)
 
 
 ;;; Interactive Functions
-- 
2.39.5

I see no async-shell link and I propose the following one, see patch attached To avoid any problem with copyright, yesterday I sent my copyright assignment FSF [1] [1] email Subject: Pedro Vilchez Blanco; From: pinmacs; Date: 2025-05-23 19:22:02 (UTC)

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