Re: [O] http link character mistranslated

[Daimrod]

mirko <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,

Hello,

> (Org-mode version 8.2.5h (release_8.2.5h-651-g897b60)
>
> I have an https address with an equal sign `=':
>    https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewforum.php?f=3
>
> When I try to access the link, the `=' is translated as `%D':
>    https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewforum.php?f%3D3

I have the same problem here. It causes problem with docview and gnus
links.

> I looked in org-open-at-point, and the translation appears somewhere in
> org-element-property.  I did not look deeper.

IIUC, since I don't know when, org-mode encode links with percent
encoding (you can check it by turning off org-mode (e.g. M-x
fundamental-mode)).

My guess is that it is now the job of the link handler (FOLLOW arg in
org-add-link-type) to unescape the path if necessary, but I'm not sure
of it.

> I tested this in an Emacs session with only org mode loaded (no user init)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mirko
>
>

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