Re: [O] [RFC] Change visibility for bracket links

[David A. Gershman]

Not bad, but could it be customizable via variable giving the user the
choice?


>On October 5, 2016 8:40:08 AM PDT, Nicolas Goaziou
><address@hidden> wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'd like to make the following change to bracket links display (i.e.,
>>when `org-highlight-links' contains `bracket', which is the default).
>>
>>Basically, I want to leave a visible pair of brackets around the link,
>>i.e.,
>>
>>  [[uri][description]]
>>
>>is displayed as
>>
>>  [description]
>>
>>instead of
>>
>>  description
>>
>>and
>>
>>  [[uri]]
>>
>>is displayed as
>>
>>  [uri]
>>
>>instead of
>>
>>  uri
>>
>>The rationale behind this suggestion is that editing a mostly
>invisible
>>link is unintuitive when point is at the boundaries of its visible
>>part.
>>
>>More precisely, in the following visible part of a link
>>
>>  description
>>
>>if point hits "d" from the right, changes happen in the description of
>>the link, but if point comes from the left, changes happen before the
>>link. 
>>
>>I guess I could get used to it, but sometimes, the link happens to be
>>at
>>column 0. In this case, the only way to "come from the left" is to
>move
>>to the previous line and go past the newline character. This is, IMO,
>>very annoying, notwithstanding the fact that it is impossible to
>>realize
>>at the beginning of the buffer.
>>
>>Leaving a pair of brackets, OTOH, disambiguates the situation. Editing
>>before the opening bracket makes changes before the link. Conversely,
>>editing after the former makes changes to the uri or the description,
>>whichever is displayed.
>>
>>The cost a little more visual clutter, but it seems very acceptable to
>>me. I attach a quick patch for testing.
>>
>>Feedback welcome.
>>
>>Regards,

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David A. Gershman, CISSP
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