Re: [O] exporting link abbreviations

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Greg Minshall <address@hidden> writes:

> 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

No, you don't have to. Commas can be escaped within a macro:

  {{{gmap(123 Main Street\, Los Altos\, California\, United States)}}}

> 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).

You may want to add gmap as a new link type with dedicated export
functions. See `org-add-link-type'.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou