Hi all I suggest that the Org link abbreviation supports multiple and repeated parameters so that it can handle more than the one and only parameter %s as of now. What I have in mind is to abbreviate the URL
[[http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=4.56,7.89&spn=0.3,0.3&q=4.56,7.89]] this way : #+LINK: geo http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=%1&spn=%2,%2&q=%1 : [[geo:4.56,7.89&0.3]] where & in the Org link is the separator of the parameters %1 and %2. Note the repeated use of %1 and %2 in this case which is a good part of the convenience. I tried with a workaround URL that by itself would work [[http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=4.56,7.89&spn=0.3,0.3&q=4.56,7.89&spn=0.3,0.3]] with the repeated spn. But below the second %s remains without replacement which means the marker in the map gets lost when trying this with release_8.0.2-72-gccfe83: #+LINK: geo http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=%s&q=%s [[geo:4.56,7.89&spn=0.3,0.3]] Does it make sense to put at least repeatable %s, but then also multiple and repeatable parameters for link abbreviations to the wish list? Or did I miss something else that supports also org-open-at-point, maybe Org macros? I am not sure if %1 %2 etc. for the parameters is a good choice since it might interfere with escaped chars in #+LINK. Maybe &1 &2 etc. interfere less because the & to separate URL parameters are followed mostly by letters, as well as the & in HTML entities, AFAIK. Michael