How to get ido-find-file to open DOIs in browser (like URLs)?

How to get ido-find-file to open DOIs in browser (like URLs)?

[Marius Hofert]

Hi,

I often use C-x C-f (ido-find-file) to open links/URLs in the browser.
I am wondering how one could get the same behavior when the point is
on DOIs (digital object identifier). This is of the form
10.1016/j.csda.2008.05.019, for example, and should open
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2008.05.019. There are some regular
expressions posted on stackoverflow to match (a larger number) of
DOIs.

Cheers,

Marius

Re: How to get ido-find-file to open DOIs in browser (like URLs)?

[Phillip Lord]

The standard display guidelines for DOIs now state that the URL form
should always be used. So, the best solution to this is fix the DOI
first. Then use ffap which plugs into ido, if I remember correctly!

Phil

Marius Hofert <marius.hofert@math.ethz.ch> writes:
> I often use C-x C-f (ido-find-file) to open links/URLs in the browser.
> I am wondering how one could get the same behavior when the point is
> on DOIs (digital object identifier). This is of the form
> 10.1016/j.csda.2008.05.019, for example, and should open
> http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2008.05.019. There are some regular
> expressions posted on stackoverflow to match (a larger number) of
> DOIs.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marius
>
>
>

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Re: How to get ido-find-file to open DOIs in browser (like URLs)?

[Marius Hofert]

Hi Phillip,

that's of course a nice workaround.

Thanks & cheers,

Marius

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Phillip Lord
<phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>
> The standard display guidelines for DOIs now state that the URL form
> should always be used. So, the best solution to this is fix the DOI
> first. Then use ffap which plugs into ido, if I remember correctly!
>
> Phil
>
> Marius Hofert <marius.hofert@math.ethz.ch> writes:
>> I often use C-x C-f (ido-find-file) to open links/URLs in the browser.
>> I am wondering how one could get the same behavior when the point is
>> on DOIs (digital object identifier). This is of the form
>> 10.1016/j.csda.2008.05.019, for example, and should open
>> http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2008.05.019. There are some regular
>> expressions posted on stackoverflow to match (a larger number) of
>> DOIs.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Marius
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Phillip Lord,                           Phone: +44 (0) 191 222 7827
> Lecturer in Bioinformatics,             Email: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk
> School of Computing Science,            http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk/phillip.lord
> Room 914 Claremont Tower,               skype: russet_apples
> Newcastle University,                   twitter: phillord
> NE1 7RU