Re: [DISCUSSION] May we recognize everything like [[protocol:uri]] as a non-fuzzy link?

[Ihor Radchenko]

Jens Lechtenboerger <lechten@wi.uni-muenster.de> writes:

> On 2023-09-01, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
>
>> In theory, we might change the parser to treat anything like foo:bar or
>> <foo:bar> or [[foo:bar]] as a link with "foo" protocol and "bar" URI.
>> And introduce [[::fig:something]] to allow explicit internal links.
>> But, despite simplifying the parser, it will certainly be a breaking
>> change.
>
> What would the implications be?  FAQ 18.25 [1] contains a recipe to
> use colors on text like this: [[color:red][red]]
>
> Would that be a problem?
>
> Also, I use custom link types for additional markup like this:
>
> [[basic:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_(computing)][Caching]]
>
> In both cases, the part before the first colon is certainly no
> protocol.

Sorry for the confusion. I mean link type in Org parser terms, not
protocol.

Your examples will not be affected. What will be affected is fuzzy
internal links.

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