Re: shell links [was: Version 4.19c]

[Scott Otterson <scotto@u.washington.edu>]

Carsten Dominik (04/06/2006 12:28 PM) wrote:
>> scotto:
>> 3.) If I put the cursor in the link and type C-c C-l, then
>>      the minibuffer says:
>>
>>      Link: shell:ls%20*.org
>>
>>     If I cancel (C-g), C-c C-o still works.
>>
> carsten:
> In the hidden part of a link, space and brackets are escaped.  I forgot 
> to unescape for the editing prompt.

In 4.20, the minibuffer is now showing the space without the '%20', a 
nice touch.  However, the %20 still does show up in the link text when I 
delete the leftmost ']'.  It's just a display issue, though, because the 
   shell link works fine.

>...
> Also, maybe you'd like to know that there is a variable to turn off the 
> safety query in shell links: org-confirm-shell-links.  I could also 
> change the yes-or-no query to a y-or-n query to make it easier to 
> answer....  We'll see, not now.

I tried it out the customization and much prefer the y/n confirmation. 
Thanks.

Scott