[Emacs-orgmode] POLL: Anyone using CamelCase links?

[T. V. Raman]

I've personally found camel-case links in wiki-like things to
give initial gratification, but also prove fragile over time.

For instance, if you cut and paste code --- all hell breaks loose
if you're dealing with java or c++ code.

Scottish names etc as you point out are another example. As long
as it's an optional, customizable feature, it's fine, but let's
not hard-wire it or make it the default.

>>>>> "Carsten" == Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
    Carsten> I've got a question for you: I do have a number of
    Carsten> requests to make linking between different org-mode
    Carsten> files easier, so that it becomes simple to link
    Carsten> between pages that may be published on the web.
    Carsten> Most requests go into the direction of enabling
    Carsten> CamelCase words as links to other pages.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> The current way of linking to another page would be
    Carsten> 
    Carsten>     [[file:someotherfile.org][some other file]]
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> and the proposals I have seen would make
    Carsten> SomeOtherFile to automatically be a link to this
    Carsten> file.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> Now, let me first say that I am not a big fan of
    Carsten> using CamelCase links, because this system can
    Carsten> easily cause inconsistencies, because scottish names
    Carsten> and other thinks look like CamelCase, but should not
    Carsten> become links.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> However, I can see how it might be useful to have a
    Carsten> simple way to connect to other pages.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> CamelCase *can* be activated already in the current
    Carsten> version of Org-mode, but then it leads to a text
    Carsten> search in the current file.  Personally I am not
    Carsten> using it, and frankly I think this way to write a
    Carsten> search is crap.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> To make a long story short, I am considering to
    Carsten> (optionally, of course) make CamelCase words links
    Carsten> to other files, and I am hesitating because I don't
    Carsten> want to break established behavior, even if it is
    Carsten> crap.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> So finally here is the question: Are you using the
    Carsten> current implementation of CamelCase as a way to
    Carsten> define in-buffer searches?  If yes, do you rely on
    Carsten> this feature?
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> Thanks.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> - Carsten
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> 
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Best Regards,
--raman

      
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