Ignacio Casso <ignacioca...@hotmail.com> writes: >> A better approach could be using org-link-expand-abbrev. It is an API >> function and should be forward-compatible. > > Do you mean something like this? > > (defun org-open-at-point-global () > ... > (cond ((org-in-regexp org-link-any-re) > (org-link-open-from-string > (org-link-expand-abbrev (match-string-no-properties 0)))) > ...)) > > Right now that is not enough because `org-link-expand-abbrev' only works > for links without square brackets, like "abbrev:suffix", and > `org-link-any-re' matches links with square brackets, like > "[[abbrev:suffix]]". That could be easily worked around in > `org-open-at-point-global' but maybe it would be better to change > `org-link-expand-abbrev' to work with both forms.
Fair point. Then, the most future-proof way would be calling org-element-link-parser. It should take care about abbrev expansion and other edge cases. Then, you just need to use :raw-link property of the parsed link element. Best, Ihor
