Jens Lechtenboerger <lech...@wi.uni-muenster.de> writes: > On 2023-09-01, Ihor Radchenko wrote: > >> In theory, we might change the parser to treat anything like foo:bar or >> <foo:bar> or [[foo:bar]] as a link with "foo" protocol and "bar" URI. >> And introduce [[::fig:something]] to allow explicit internal links. >> But, despite simplifying the parser, it will certainly be a breaking >> change. > > What would the implications be? FAQ 18.25 [1] contains a recipe to > use colors on text like this: [[color:red][red]] > > Would that be a problem? > > Also, I use custom link types for additional markup like this: > > [[basic:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_(computing)][Caching]] > > In both cases, the part before the first colon is certainly no > protocol.
Sorry for the confusion. I mean link type in Org parser terms, not protocol. Your examples will not be affected. What will be affected is fuzzy internal links. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
