Hello,
I don't think there is a decent way to search for a link destination
without modifying buffer's visibility around match. This can be very
annoying when resolving links in background.
So, if I'm right, the following patch will fill that gap.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
>From d489f27969d4d4e80bfa07d229c3f4a57d2da7c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:53:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a way to search for a link search without impacting
buffer visibility
* lisp/org.el (org-link-search): Add an optional argument preventing
function from revealing context around match.
---
lisp/org.el | 13 ++++++++++---
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 2599d41..5cb1fcd 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -9758,13 +9758,18 @@ the window configuration before `org-open-at-point' was called using:
(set-window-configuration org-window-config-before-follow-link)")
(defvar org-link-search-inhibit-query nil) ;; dynamically scoped
-(defun org-link-search (s &optional type avoid-pos)
+(defun org-link-search (s &optional type avoid-pos stealth)
"Search for a link search option.
If S is surrounded by forward slashes, it is interpreted as a
regular expression. In org-mode files, this will create an `org-occur'
sparse tree. In ordinary files, `occur' will be used to list matches.
If the current buffer is in `dired-mode', grep will be used to search
-in all files. If AVOID-POS is given, ignore matches near that position."
+in all files. If AVOID-POS is given, ignore matches near that position.
+
+When optional argument STEALTH is non-nil, do not modify
+visibility around point, thus ignoring
+`org-show-hierarchy-above', `org-show-following-heading' and
+`org-show-siblings' variables."
(let ((case-fold-search t)
(s0 (mapconcat 'identity (org-split-string s "[ \t\r\n]+") " "))
(markers (concat "\\(?:" (mapconcat (lambda (x) (regexp-quote (car x)))
@@ -9888,7 +9893,9 @@ in all files. If AVOID-POS is given, ignore matches near that position."
(goto-char (match-beginning 1))
(goto-char pos)
(error "No match"))))))
- (and (eq major-mode 'org-mode) (org-show-context 'link-search))
+ (and (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
+ (not stealth)
+ (org-show-context 'link-search))
type))
(defun org-search-not-self (group &rest args)
--
1.7.7.1
