On 03/31/2017 08:52 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote: > Hi Scott, > > which system are you on? > > I am using a Mac, and the "open" command in the mac as > browse-url-generic-program
I'm using Xubuntu 16.04. I believe the function being used is browse-url-browser-function which I have set to browse-url-firefox. The variable browse-url-generic-program has no value on my system. Scott > > Carsten > > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 2:22 PM, Scott Randby <sran...@gmail.com > <mailto:sran...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On 03/31/2017 05:39 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I have problems opening a link in org. > > > > The link looks like this: > > > > > https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#search/q=author%3A%22Dominik%2CC%22/metrics > > <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#search/q=author%3A%22Dominik%2CC%22/metrics> > > > > I have copied it like this from the address bar in a browser. > > > > If I click on it in Org-mode, the link is modified to > > > > https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/%23search/q=author:%22Dominik,C%22/metrics > <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/%23search/q=author:%22Dominik,C%22/metrics> > > > > before being sent to the browser, and the browser cannot resolve it. > > The problem seems to be that # has been turned into %23 > > The link worked fine when I tried opening it from an Org file. I'm using > Org 9.0.3 in Emacs 24.5.1 and my browser is Firefox. > > Scott Randby > > > > > Where does this happen, and how can I fix this? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Carsten > >