On 12/17/16, Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote: > Currently Org has no satisfactory way to handle square brackets within > links' path or description. Percent-escaping (e.g., "%5B")is not one.
hmm. seems links are not, or at least not yet, a complete syntactic solution. > I suggest to use a custom ID for the time being. i do but i don't want to clutter org with properties drawers. i already have a lot of ids and when org needs to search them it can take some time. basically i use non-id links for ephemeral tasks or to point to ephemeral tasks. i know i won't change the headers, but i want the links there. >> ("n" "note" entry (file+headline ,todo "xyzzy-remember") >> ;; unrelated issue is if i do spc bef and after ? then >> ;; double space; else ret will follow link. i make >> ;; capture not follow. >> "* %?%a\n%i") > > If you think there is another bug, please start another thread and > provide as much information as you can. nah, making capture not follow is sufficient. i don't know the optimal solution.