On 2014-10-15, at 23:52, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Marcin Borkowski <mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes: > >> I have one more question. What I'm about to do is (basically) put >> "file:some-file-name::" in front of the link, without changing the >> description. I could use `org-element-put-property' and (AFAIU) >> org-element-link-interpreter to put it into the buffer (and probably >> delete the old one). It would be much easier (and maybe faster) just to >> go to the point in the buffer where the link starts, go `(forward-char >> 2)' (past the brackets) and `(insert (concat "file" name "::"))'. >> >> But, is it safe? Wouldn't it break something? And is it considered a >> good practice? > > There are caveats. > > For example, as soon as you alter the buffer, your AST becomes invalid > (buffer positions are all wrong after the insertion). If you want to > process all the links from the same AST, you can, for example, maintain > a counter for characters inserted so far that will fix buffer positions, > or first get all internal links with `org-element-map', then process > them in reverse order so buffer modifications do not invalidate them.
OK, so what is the canonical way of doing this? I don't want to use org-dp, since it is another dependency. > Regards, Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Adam Mickiewicz University
