Re: Any way to tell Emacs how to open specific URIs?

[Akira Kyle <akira@akirakyle.com>]

On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 10:03 AM, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> 
wrote:

> As URI handler it is fine to invent one owns URIs. And I find it
> useful to make anything. I would even find more useful if there 
> would
> be hyperlink system in Emacs where users could programmatically
> hyperlink anything by regexp and connect hyperlinks to 
> regexps. GNU
> Hyperbole does similar thing but files are directory based. I am
> developig hypertext system, dynamic knowledge repository and 
> thus
> using goto-address-mode and buttons heavily.
>
> I am not using it for URLs, I am using it for any URIs, not just 
> URL
> and my use it also for such, it is easier that way than defining
> buttons specifically.

Kind of sounds like org custom hyperlink types[1]. For example I 
find the org-ref package immensely useful and it defines a custom 
link type given by `cite:` which then takes me to its bibtex entry 
or pdf.

[1] https://orgmode.org/manual/Adding-Hyperlink-Types.html