hi. i'm playing with the example in the manual of a google map link (gmap:). technology is wonderful, and it's amazing (to simple-minded me) to see the map pop up with the locations.
but, i'm less happy with how these links look when i've provided no description and they are exported. if i have a link like: ---- [[gmap:123 Main Street, Our Town, California, United States]] ---- what is *shown* on the exported web page (say) is something ugly like: ---- http://maps.google.com/maps?q=123%20Main%20Street,%20Our%20Town,%20California,%20United%20States ---- i'd rather not specify the address twice (once in the link tag, a second time in the link description), out of laziness, i guess (but also for 2nd-normal-form'ity). what i'd *like* the user to see on the web page is the address ("123 Main Street, Out Town, California, United States", in this example). i could define a macro: ---- #+MACRO: gmap [[gmap: $1][$1]] ---- and invoke it with ---- {{{gmap(123 Main Street Los Altos California United States)}}} ---- but then 1) i'd have to get rid of the commas in the address (it might be nice to have a "$*" or some such to give the entire argument ); and 2) i wouldn't have the link active in my org-mode buffer itself (something i find so magical, plus it helps entering the info to be able to check the map before exporting). i wonder if there's something i've missed? or, if something could be added? cheers, Greg Minshall
