Can't a self-match just be excluded from the list of matches? I don't
know elisp regexps but in perl, the regexp would be:
$match = $string =~/$description/ && $string !~ /\[\[$description\]\]/;
This would match on $description in plain text or in external links and
would exclude internal links. This would be perfect for my uses
although it's somewhat inconsistent because internal self links match on
any plain text and this would be broadening that to only one type of
link. On the other hand, the current behavior is also inconsistent
(doesn't match on any links). For perfect consistency, I guess you
could match on everything and then filter match positions to remove self
matches. This is probably harder, anyway, I think the semi-consistent
approach is likely to be better for most use cases.
Well, you have excellent user interface taste, so I won't complain if
you don't think this is worth your time!
Scott
Carsten Dominik (1/15/2007 1:21 PM) wrote:
That is on purpose, or a link would always find itself.
- Carsten
On Jan 15, 2007, at 18:28, Scott Otterson wrote:
In org-mode 4.61, internal links don't match on external link
description text. Here's an example org file
--------------------------
* head1
an internal link that should match the external link: [[BBC story]]
* head2
[[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6262555.stm][BBC story]]
* head3
--------------------------
The behavior I was expecting was that a C-c C-o on the text "BBC
story" under head1 would move the cursor to the link under head2.
When I'm writing big org files, I often create one headline per
article I've read, and underneath it, I put an external link to the
article and a bunch of text summarizing what I found interesting
about it. In other parts of the outline, I've tried to use internal
links to refer to that headline but I can't get it to work.
Scott
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