I do not know if you can do that. I would do something like this. (defun insert-foo-link (path) (interactive "sfoo path: ") (insert (format "[[foo:%s][%s]]" path path))) Daniele Nicolodi writes:
> On 10/13/16 8:14 AM, John Kitchin wrote: >> In org8, this is not that easy to do, but not impossible. >> >> Why do not you want to use [[foo:bar][bar]]? > > Hi John, > > I'm fine using [[foo:bar][bar]], but it is much longer to type. > > Slightly changing my question: there is a way to instruct > org-insert-link to derive a default value for the description from the > path? I had a look at the code, and it does not seem so. > > Thanks! > > Cheers, > Daniele > > >> Daniele Nicolodi writes: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I would like to add a new link type to org-mode. Following the example >>> in the manual it is a very easy task. However I would like to customize >>> how the link is visualized, specifically I would like a link like >>> "[[foo:bar]]" to be visualized simply as "bar" where the protocol type >>> has been hidden (same effect I would obtain with a link in the form >>> "[[foo:bar][bar]]". >>> >>> Is it possible to hook somehow into org-mode to have that transformation >>> done, or there is an easy way to accomplish that? >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Daniele >> >> -- 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
