Re: [O] Bug: link beginning with parenthesis doesn't work [9.0.5 (release_9.0.5-474-g942b62 @ /home/joe/org-mode/lisp/)]

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Joe Corneli <address@hidden> writes:

> I've noticed a problem with the link system.
>
> Reproduction steps.
>
> 1. Find any text in a file, surrounded by parentheses (like this).
>
> 2. org-capture the region in parentheses to come up with, e.g.,
>
> ** TODO This is a problem
>    (like this)
>    [[file:~/test.tex::(like%20this)]]
>
> 3. Now try to follow the file:... link with org-open-at-point.
>
> This triggers an error, with a backtrace as follows (between ~~~'s).
>
> If you remove the leading parenthesis so that the link looks like this 
> instead:
>
>      [[file:~/test.tex::like%20this)]]
>
> you can then jump to the captured text in the file, as expected.
>
> ~~~
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "No match for coderef: like this")

The error message should give you the answer. Links within parenthesis
denote "coderefs". See (info "(org) Literal examples").

[[file:~/test.tex::(like%20this)]] means to refer to a coderef (like
this) in the file "test.tex".

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou