Jim Porter <jporterb...@gmail.com> writes: >> Looking into the source code of `bounds-of-thing-at-point', I see that >> for standard "things" (like url), >> `thing-at-point-bounds-of-url-at-point' is used unconditionally. In the >> case of Org links, we may have something like [<point>[https://orgmode.org]] >> that will not match default URL regexp as is. AFAIU, there is no >> documented way to customize the behaviour of `bounds-of-thing-at-point' >> and `forward-thing'. > > I think it would make sense to add some sort of > 'bounds-of-thing-at-point-provider-alist' (that's a mouthful!) that > would let modes override the behavior of 'botap', but I don't think > that's necessary for the narrower purpose of asking, "I want the value > of THING at point, if any."
It would make sense to add a number of alists: - bounds-of-thing-at-point-provider-alist - same for 'forward-op, 'beginning-op, 'end-op. After Emacs have those, we can add Org mode support. -- 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>
