Re: [Orgmode] Link descriptions

[David Maus]

At Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:09:21 -1000,
Thomas S. Dye wrote:
>
> Aloha all,
>
> After reading through the documentation fairly carefully, link
> descriptions are yielding unexpected results.  Perhaps I missed
> something?
>
> I have a link defined for citep:
>
> #+source: define-citep-link
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>    (org-add-link-type
>     "citep" 'ebib
>     (lambda (path desc format)
>       (cond
>        ((eq format 'latex)
>         (format "\\citep[%s]{%s}" desc path)))))
> #+end_src
>
> With input like [[citep:jones][Jones]], it works fine, yielding
> \citep[Jones]{jones}.
>
> My hope, however, is to pass page numbers in the description so with
> [[citep:jones][123]] I get \citep[123]{jones}.  When I have a
> description like this, I get [[citep:jones]$^{123}$] instead.
>
> This looks like a bug to me (at least I wish it would work to pass
> page numbers to the \citep command).  Have I overlooked a restriction
> on link descriptions?

This is a bug, but not related to links: The LaTeX exporter turns a
sequence like:

][\d+]

into

]$^{\d+}$

Where \d+ is a placeholder for one or more numbers.

The question I cannot answer (yet?) is: Why?

Best,
  -- David
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