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From: Scott Otterson <scotto@u.washington.edu>
To: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: link description <-- selected text?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:34:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45AD1A9F.2040807@u.washington.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <795340f4f2f460047ebb3fe6c33595bd@science.uva.nl>

Thanks much, this is perfect!  Scott

Carsten Dominik (1/15/2007 10:44 PM) wrote:
> I have implemented this behavior, thanks.
> It has the side effect that the selected text is removed from the buffer,
> even if you change the offered default description, but I guess this 
> is ok.
>
> - Carsten
>
> On Jan 14, 2007, at 18:51, Scott Otterson wrote:
>
>> Here's a feature request:  If text is selected when the create link 
>> command is invoked (C-c C-l), then the selected text becomes the 
>> default contents for the link description mini-buffer.  If no text is 
>> selected, the description mini-buffer is blank, as it is now.
>>
>> This would reduce substantially keystrokes for my usual style of 
>> editing, which is to first type in the outline text and then to go 
>> back and sprinkle it with links to references (to websites, bib 
>> entries, lines of code...).  For example, suppose I have written this 
>> sentence:
>>
>>    "Implement the RLS algorithm"
>>
>> And, suppose I've already stored a link to an RLS paper by typing C-l 
>> in in my bib file.  Then, while in the outline buffer, I'd like to be 
>> able to select the text "RLS algorithm", and then hit:
>>
>>    C-c C-l  (creates link minibuffer)
>>    <enter>  (enters stored link)
>>    <enter>  (enters selected text as link description)
>>
>> As soon as it occurred to me that this would make org-mode more 
>> efficient, I realized that this is how other standard programs 
>> already handle html references; I'd guess that many would already be 
>> familiar with this small change in org-mode behavior.
>>
>> Thanks for all the good work,
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
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>
> -- 
> Carsten Dominik
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      reply	other threads:[~2007-01-16 18:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-14 17:51 link description <-- selected text? Scott Otterson
2007-01-15  6:58 ` DSPAM " Bastien
2007-01-16  6:44 ` Carsten Dominik
2007-01-16 18:34   ` Scott Otterson [this message]

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