how to make return follow hyperlink?

how to make return follow hyperlink?

[Peter Salazar]

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How do I make it so that hitting RET on a hyperlink follows it? Is there a
setting analogous to org-return-follows-link? I often have links in
incoming emails, and I'd like to be able to open them in my browser with
one keystroke.

Thanks!

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Re: how to make return follow hyperlink?

[David Edmondson]

On Wed, Aug 26 2015, Peter Salazar <cycleofsong@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I make it so that hitting RET on a hyperlink follows it? Is there a
> setting analogous to org-return-follows-link? I often have links in
> incoming emails, and I'd like to be able to open them in my browser with
> one keystroke.

Having that binding would conflict badly with the existing binding for
`notmuch-show-toggle-message' (which has been in place for a long
time!).

Perhaps not what you want, but for me, clicking on the link with the
mouse opens the link.

Re: how to make return follow hyperlink?

[Suvayu Ali]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 09:35:26AM +0100, David Edmondson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 26 2015, Peter Salazar <cycleofsong@gmail.com> wrote:
> > How do I make it so that hitting RET on a hyperlink follows it? Is there a
> > setting analogous to org-return-follows-link? I often have links in
> > incoming emails, and I'd like to be able to open them in my browser with
> > one keystroke.
> 
> Having that binding would conflict badly with the existing binding for
> `notmuch-show-toggle-message' (which has been in place for a long
> time!).
> 
> Perhaps not what you want, but for me, clicking on the link with the
> mouse opens the link.

I think you can hack around by advicing notmuch-show-toggle-message and
making it context sensitive.  I don't really know the best way to
determine the context, but a quick hack would be to look at the
face-at-point.  Of course this requires font-lock-mode be active.

I once did something like this to expand abbreviations (below).  Of
course you will have to use a defadvice instead of a defun.

Hope this helps,


(defun sa-expand-abbrev-in-context (expand)
  "Expands abbreviations according to the context. Determines
whether within comments or source by looking at the face name. If
within comments the `basic-text-mode-abbrev-table' is used, the
major mode abbrev-table is used otherwise.

Expansion is done by the function passed as the argument. This is
controlled by the \"abnormal\" hook `abbrev-expand-functions'."
;; backward-char checks if end-of-buffer as when point at e-o-b face is `nil'
;; the function call expand does the expansion, usually `expand-abbrev'
  (if (save-excursion
	(string-match "comment\\|string"
		      (symbol-name (if (< (point) (point-max))
				       (face-at-point)
				     (backward-char)
				     (face-at-point)))))
      (let ((local-abbrev-table basic-text-mode-abbrev-table))
	(funcall expand))
    (funcall expand)))


-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

Re: how to make return follow hyperlink?

[Mark Walters]

> How do I make it so that hitting RET on a hyperlink follows it? Is there a
> setting analogous to org-return-follows-link? I often have links in
> incoming emails, and I'd like to be able to open them in my browser with
> one keystroke.

A long time ago I posted a patch to do this: I don't know if it still
applies or how easy it is to update (nor do I remember how I got on with
the difficulties bremner mentioned in the the quoted bit of irc
conversation in the third message of that thread).

id:1377240695-825-1-git-send-email-markwalters1009@gmail.com

Incidentally, pressing RET on id: links already overrides the use of RET
to collapse a message so I don't see it as problematic to do the same
for http links.

Best wishes

Mark

Re: how to make return follow hyperlink?

[Tomi Ollila]

On Wed, Aug 26 2015, Peter Salazar <cycleofsong@gmail.com> wrote:

> How do I make it so that hitting RET on a hyperlink follows it? Is there a
> setting analogous to org-return-follows-link? I often have links in
> incoming emails, and I'd like to be able to open them in my browser with
> one keystroke.

BTW: the interesting thing is that in text/plain content id: links already
do something -- and e.g. https?: do not. in text/html content I get
'No usable browser found'(*) when pressing RET on top of http: link so it
must be doing something ;)

Tomi

(*) Note to self: hack something to show the link using (message ...) in this case.

>
> Thanks!

Re: how to make return follow hyperlink?

[Peter Salazar]

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Thanks for all the responses! Mark, where could we find the patch you
mentioned? I wouldn't know how to test/update it, but maybe someone else on
the list has the requisite hacking skills...

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 1:55 AM, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 26 2015, Peter Salazar <cycleofsong@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > How do I make it so that hitting RET on a hyperlink follows it? Is there
> a
> > setting analogous to org-return-follows-link? I often have links in
> > incoming emails, and I'd like to be able to open them in my browser with
> > one keystroke.
>
> BTW: the interesting thing is that in text/plain content id: links already
> do something -- and e.g. https?: do not. in text/html content I get
> 'No usable browser found'(*) when pressing RET on top of http: link so it
> must be doing something ;)
>
> Tomi
>
> (*) Note to self: hack something to show the link using (message ...) in
> this case.
>
> >
> > Thanks!
>

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