Re: [BUG] Confirmation message for elisp links is badly formatted [9.5.2 (9.5.2-gfbff08 @ /home/omarantolin/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.5.2/)]

[Timothy]

Hi Omar,

Thanks for the report, I’ve fixed this in b3ceafd0 :)

Omar Antolín Camarena <omar@matem.unam.mx> writes:

> By default Org prompts you to make sure you really want to execute the code in
> an elisp link; as the docstring for org-link-elisp-confirm-function says, just
> think about a link like [Web Search]!
>
> But the formatting of the default confirmation message leaves something to be
> desired. The function org-link–open-elisp which is in charge of confirming 
> that
> you want to execute the code does this:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (funcall org-link-elisp-confirm-function
>           (format “Execute %S as Elisp? ”
>                   (org-add-props path nil ’face ’org-warning)))
> #+end_src emacs-lisp
>
> And the combination of capital %S with the propertized path produces 
> confirmation prompts like the following:
>
>  Execute #(“(describe-variable ‘org-capture-templates)” 0 42 (face 
> org-warning)) as Elisp?
>
> Notice that instead of /being/ propertized with the org-warning face it shows 
> a textual representation of the propertize string!
>
> I’d suggest fixing this by /not/ propertizing the link target.

All the best,
Timothy


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