[Orgmode] Re: Bug: UTF-8 characters in #+LINK does not work [7.4]

[Matt Lundin]

Gustav Wikström <address@hidden> writes:

> Using characters such as å,ä,ö does not work when using #+LINK
>
> example:
>
> `#+LINK: Färdmedel file:~/färdmedel.org'
>
> this does not work, however the following does:
>
> `#+LINK: Fardmedel file:~/färdmedel.org'
>
> Is there an easy fix?
>

I can confirm this. 

The regexp in org-link-expand-abbrev does not allow for accented
characters in the link abbreviation. I am not sure whether this is an
intended limitation or a bug. :)

Best,
Matt