Org mode version 9.6.15 * CURRENT BEHAVIOR
Exporting to text fails when ~org-export-with-broken-links~ is set to ~mark~. [[help:org-export-with-broken-links]] The following are minimal examples using source blocks in org. I'm using an LLM-generated function to call ~org-export-string-as~, but there might be an easier option with arguments and blocks. You can also replicate by calling ~org-export-dispatch~ -> Export to plain text -> As ASCII buffer (or Latin1 or UTF-8). #+begin_src elisp (defun org-src-to-text (block-name) "Convert the content of a named Org source block to text." (org-element-map (org-element-parse-buffer) 'src-block (lambda (src) (when (string= block-name (org-element-property :name src)) (let ((src-block (org-element-property :value src))) (princ (org-export-string-as src-block 'ascii t))))))) #+end_src #+RESULTS: : org-src-to-text ** broken-links:nil #+NAME: source-broken-links-nil #+begin_src org ,#+OPTIONS: broken-links:nil ,* Some title 1. This [[file:existing-file.org][link1]] is exported correctly to text. 2. This [[file:{filename}existing-file.org][link2]] is exported correctly to text. 3. This [[file:{filename}test-nonexistent-file.org][link3]] is exported correctly to text. 4. This [[file:test-nonexistent-file.org][link4]] is exported correctly to text. 5. This [[{filename}test-nonexistent-file.org][link5]] is NOT exported correctly to text. #+end_src #+begin_src elisp :results output (org-src-to-text "source-broken-links-nil") #+end_src This fails with =org-export-data: Unable to resolve link: "{filename}test-nonexistent-file.org"= ** source-broken-links-t #+NAME: source-broken-links-t #+begin_src org ,#+OPTIONS: broken-links:t ,* Some title 1. This [[file:existing-file.org][link1]] is exported correctly to text. 2. This [[file:{filename}existing-file.org][link2]] is exported correctly to text. 3. This [[file:{filename}test-nonexistent-file.org][link3]] is exported correctly to text. 4. This [[file:test-nonexistent-file.org][link4]] is exported correctly to text. 5. This [[{filename}test-nonexistent-file.org][link5]] is NOT exported correctly to text. #+end_src #+RESULTS: source-broken-links-t #+begin_src elisp :results output (org-src-to-text "source-broken-links-t") #+end_src #+RESULTS: #+begin_example ,* Some title 1. This [link1] is exported correctly to text. 2. This [link2] is exported correctly to text. 3. This [link3] is exported correctly to text. 4. This [link4] is exported correctly to text. 5. This is NOT exported correctly to text. [link1] <file:existing-file.org> [link2] <file:{filename}existing-file.org> [link3] <file:{filename}test-nonexistent-file.org> [link4] <file:test-nonexistent-file.org> #+end_example ** source-broken-links-mark #+NAME: source-broken-links-mark #+begin_src org ,#+OPTIONS: broken-links:mark ,* Some title 1. This [[file:existing-file.org][link1]] is exported correctly to text. 2. This [[file:{filename}existing-file.org][link2]] is exported correctly to text. 3. This [[file:{filename}test-nonexistent-file.org][link3]] is exported correctly to text. 4. This [[file:test-nonexistent-file.org][link4]] is exported correctly to text. 5. This [[{filename}test-nonexistent-file.org][link5]] is NOT exported correctly to text. #+end_src #+begin_src elisp :results output (org-src-to-text "source-broken-links-mark") #+end_src #+RESULTS: : [BROKEN LINK: {filename}test-nonexistent-file.org] NOTE THAT ONLY THE BROKEN LINK IS SHOWN HERE! BUT NOT THE REST OF THE TEXT. * EXPECTED BEHAVIOR As with other backends (like ~html~), I'd expect the correctly exported text, not only the broken link. #+begin_example ,* Some title 1. This [link1] is exported correctly to text. 2. This [link2] is exported correctly to text. 3. This [link3] is exported correctly to text. 4. This [link4] is exported correctly to text. 5. This [BROKEN LINK: {filename}test-nonexistent-file.org]is NOT exported correctly to text. [link1] <file:existing-file.org> [link2] <file:{filename}existing-file.org> [link3] <file:{filename}test-nonexistent-file.org> [link4] <file:test-nonexistent-file.org> #+end_example