Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> writes: > Arthur Miller <arthur.mil...@live.com> writes: > >>> (org-link-set-parameters "http" :insert-description #'your-function) >>> (org-link-set-parameters "https" :insert-description #'your-function) >> >> Thanks, after some thinkering I got it: >> >> ... >> (org-link-set-parameters "http" :insert-description >> #'org-desc-from-clipboard) >> (org-link-set-parameters "https" :insert-description >> #'org-desc-from-clipboard) >> #+end_src >> >> And I can do it async too, *but*; this will affect all insertions of links, >> right? > > Indeed. By design, `org-insert-link' is synchronous - it expects the > link and description to be available upon request. > >> I am not sure if it is safe/possible always to access the internet or do >> it asynchronously, so I'll abandon the ship and revert to home-cooked one >> just >> for the precautios measures: > > What you can do is (1) make url descriptions be something like <title to > be retrieved>; (2) add an :after advice for `org-insert-link' that will > queue asynchronous url fetching; (3) replace <title to be retrieved> > with the fetched title upon finishing the request. If the request fails, > the description will remain <title to be retrieved>.
Yes of course, placeholders could work. Another option is to use url as a placeholder, so if the retrieval failed the url would still be visible which is a bit more informative than some generic placholder. > Or you can run description retrieval independently, as a minor mode > that will search for <title to be retrieved> marks and try to fetch > them. True. I could also run an idle timer on my notes file and try to patch all urls without descriptions. Would need to put something as a marker into a desription for dead links, or just remove them, so they are not fetched over and over again. However, I am ok with doing it on the request only, when I actually create a note :). But if someone adds something similar to org, I'll gladly use it :). Thanks and sorry the late response. My memory is like a gold fish, sometimes when GNUS remove a mail from my view I totally forget about it. /a
