MWE: test.org
* This is a test. A link [[http://seqanswers.com/forums/showthread.php?t%3D21][to seqanswers.com]]. Exporting to latex from org-mode produces the following file: test.tex % Created 2013-11-01 Fri 16:37 \documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{fixltx2e} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{float} \usepackage{wrapfig} \usepackage{soul} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{marvosym} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{latexsym} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{hyperref} \tolerance=1000 \providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}} \title{test} \author{Tyler Smith} \date{\today} \hypersetup{ pdfkeywords={}, pdfsubject={}, pdfcreator={Emacs Org-mode version 7.9.3f}} \begin{document} \maketitle \setcounter{tocdepth}{3} \tableofcontents \vspace*{1cm} \section{This is a test.} \label{sec-1} Here's a line of text with a link \href{http://seqanswers.com/forums/showthread.php?t%3D21}{to seqanswers.com}. \end{document} Note that the url has been converted from: http://seqanswers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21 to: http://seqanswers.com/forums/showthread.php?t%3D21 This effectively breaks the link. This is not specific to the latex exporter, it happens also in at least the markdown exporter. Note also that I have reproduced the problem in a newer version of org: [8.2.1 (8.2.1-21-g2b3e01-elpa @ /home/tws/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20131028/)] Thanks, Tyler Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.2) of 2013-08-20 on ONOTTAR654746 Package: Org-mode version 7.9.3f (release_7.9.3f-17-g7524ef @ /usr/local/share/emacs/24.3.50/lisp/org/) current state: ============== (setq org-export-blocks '((src org-babel-exp-src-block nil) (export-comment org-export-blocks-format-comment t) (ditaa org-export-blocks-format-ditaa nil) (dot org-export-blocks-format-dot nil)) org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point org-babel-execute-safely-maybe) org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook '(org-beamer-select-beamer-code) org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe org-src-native-tab-command-maybe org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook org-babel-speed-command-hook) org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-export-interblocks '((src org-babel-exp-non-block-elements)) org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-export-latex-format-toc-function 'org-export-latex-format-toc-default org-export-preprocess-before-normalizing-links-hook '(org-remove-file-link-modifiers) org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) org-export-first-hook '(org-beamer-initialize-open-trackers) org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5] #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes) org-export-latex-final-hook '(org-beamer-amend-header org-beamer-fix-toc org-beamer-auto-fragile-frames org-beamer-place-default-actions-for-lists) org-export-latex-after-initial-vars-hook '(org-beamer-after-initial-vars) org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current) org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p )