+1 for all this. Nicolas Goaziou writes:
> Hello, > > John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: > >> Indeed, I based this approach off a patch Rasmus posted some time ago for >> colored blocks ;) >> >> It is also similar to some other approaches in org-mode, e.g. >> the "org-%s-complete-link" functions. > > This is yet another obscure part of Org, IMO. I really think we need to > normalize link customization, for an improved user experience. > >> Would you consider expanding org-add-link-type like this to set those in >> the special variable? > > I don't like much `org-add-link-type' because, it inherently only > operates on additional link types, so it is not sufficient to handle all > customization needs. I'd rather have a single way to control link > behaviour. I agree, it doesn't make sense to use it for customization. OTOH, it also adds the link type to org-link-types, rebuilds the regexp and the org-link-protocols. Do you think we would eliminate `org-link-types' and `org-link-protocols' then? That would be fine with me. I think we might still want an org-add-link-type function though, if there are additional things that need to be done after adding to `org-link-type-parameters', e.g. updating regexps. It might even be feasible to keep backward compatibility for code that already uses this. Presumably we would then eliminate the "org-%s-complete-link" functions? There don't seem to be many (not including the auto-generated org-ref related ones ;) > > I think we could rename `org-link-display-parameters' into > `org-link-type-parameters' and control links from that location. More > explicitly, the value for a given link type (string) could be a plist > with the following properties > - :follow > - :export > - :face > - :display > - :completion > - :echo > > The value would contain every link type, including internal ones. Its > value would probably be daunting at first (compared, e.g., with > a boolean) but it would give full control over links. I like it. > > WDYT? > > > Regards, -- 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
