Re: function to copy org buffer substring with link description only

[Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com>]

Paul <mafeuser@gmail.com> writes:

> (buffer-substring-no-properties (point) (mark)) on some part of 
> an org buffer that contains a link returns the following 
> example:
>
> "while [[(some-link)][description]] does not"
>
>
> Do You know a ready to use function that would return the 
> following?:
>
> "while description does not"

i'm not aware of any existing function that does this, so here's a 
function that's at least a start:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp

    (defun org-delinkify-region (start end) 
      "Replace all Org-style links within the region with only the 
    link description text, and return the result." 
      (interactive "r") (let ((text 
      (buffer-substring-no-properties start end))) 
        (with-temp-buffer 
          (insert text) (goto-char (point-min)) (while 
          (re-search-forward "\\[\\[[^\\]+?]\\[\\(.+?\\)]\\]" 
          (point-max) t) 
            (replace-match (match-string 1))) 
          (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max)))))

#+END_SRC 

Hope that helps!


Alexis.