Re: [Orgmode] Re: changing \href to \myhref in LaTex export

[Martin G. Skjæveland]

Sébastien Vauban wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> "Martin G. Skjæveland" wrote:
> > Sébastien Vauban wrote:
> > > "Martin G. Skjæveland" wrote:
> > >
> > > > is it possible to change how hyperlinks are exported to LaTex without
> > > > going into to org-latex.el, but setting by a variable or similar in my
> > > > .emacs file?
> > > >
> > > > I would like to export hyperlinks in Latex as \myhref (or something else)
> > > > instead of \href, so that I can redefine \myhref using \href, like this
> > > >
> > > >    \usepackage{ifthen}
> > > >    \newcommand{\myhref}[2]{
> > > >      \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{#2}}
> > > >        {\href{#1}{#2}}
> > > >        {\href{#1}{#2}\footnote{\url{#1}}}
> > > >      }
> > > >
> > > > and thus include the URLs of the links as footnotes.
> > > Not answering clearly your question, but an alternative (that works) is to
> > > redefine \href either in your private class (if you use one) or in your TeX
> > > file.
> > >
> > > In the latter case, put the `renewcommand' in your Org source, so that it
> > > gets exported every time.
> > >
> > > Example (with a `newcommand' here):
> > >
> > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> > > #+LaTeX_HEADER: \newcommand{\figtext}[2]{\begin{tikzpicture} \draw 
> > > (-#1/2,-#1/2) rectangle (#1/2,#1/2); \node[text width=#1] at (0,0) 
> > > {\color{blue}\scriptsize{#2}}; \end{tikzpicture}}
> > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> > >
> > > I think, for this case, this offers more flexibility and allows you to get
> > > what you want.
> > yes, this looks like the flexibility I'm after, but my problem with your
> > solution is that by using \renewcommand I would be defining a recursive
> > command, which does not work. (I should have mentioned that in my first
> > email, sorry.) This is the reason for renaming the \href command in the
> > export, so I can define my own href command using the standard href.
>
> Nope!  You can do that by simply renaming the old version first.
>
> In your case:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> address@hidden
> \renewcommand\href[2]{%
>   \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{#2}}
>       address@hidden
>     address@hidden
> }% href
>
> \href{http://www.mygooglest.com/}{Test}
> \href{http://www.mygooglest.com/}{http://www.mygooglest.com/}
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Thanks, what works perfect!

Initially, it did not work, but moving the above code directly below

  \usepackage{hyperref}

solved my problems.

Martin