Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> writes: >> ... >> Probably the problem is not the side-effects done by loading >> =org-ctags=, but rather that these hook function from =org-ctags= try >> to do their job when the environment is not really ready for them, >> i.e. when there is no known tag file around. >> ... > > I disagree: the changes are done behind my back in an (almost) > invisible manner and leave me surprised and mystified. Even if there > was a TAGS file around, having links behave differently from one > moment to the next, when the only thing I did in-between was ask for > help on a completely unrelated Org mode function, is a nasty surprise.
Sure, but we should not reject Jens' proposal just because of this argument. We can use the suggestions to improve org-ctags itself, after it is explicitly loaded. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
