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[O] exporting link abbreviations
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Greg Minshall |
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[O] exporting link abbreviations |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:57:34 +0100 |
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:
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[[gmap:123 Main Street, Our Town, California, United States]]
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what is *shown* on the exported web page (say) is something ugly like:
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http://maps.google.com/maps?q=123%20Main%20Street,%20Our%20Town,%20California,%20United%20States
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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:
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#+MACRO: gmap [[gmap: $1][$1]]
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and invoke it with
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{{{gmap(123 Main Street Los Altos California United States)}}}
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but then
1) i'd have to get rid of the commas in the address (it might
be nice to have a "$*" 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
- [O] exporting link abbreviations,
Greg Minshall <=