Re: [O] Citations, continued

[Thomas S. Dye]

Hi John,

Wow.  It's inspiring to see Samuel's idea in action.

Presumably, something like this would also be possible?

;;  follow function
(lambda (path)
  (let* ((data (read (concat "(" path ")")))
         (head (car data))
         (plist (cadr data)))
    (funcall (plist-get plist :follow) head)))

[[slink:kitchin-2010 (:pre "See for example" :post "page 47" :type
cite :follow #'ebib-open-org-link)]]

All the best,
Tom

John Kitchin <address@hidden> writes:

>> I'm glad you like Samuel's idea about extensible syntax for links.  I
>> don't know if it is practical or not, but it was one of those ideas that
>> seemed right on when I first read it.
>
> I am glad you mentioned, it was an inspiration! Although this is sure to
> move away from a standard new syntax, it is straightforward to subvert a
> link like the following example to get more readable pre/post text
> example. The quotes are necessary to get the list read
> correctly. Whether this is useful remains to be seen, but it was fun to
> work it out.
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results silent
> (org-add-link-type
>  "slink"
>  ;;  follow function
>  (lambda (path)
>    (let* ((data (read (concat "(" path ")")))
>           (head (car data))
>           (plist (cadr data)))
>      (message-box "%s\n%s\n%s" head plist  (plist-get plist :type))))
>  ;; format function
>  (lambda (path description backend)
>    (let* ((data (read (concat "(" path ")")))
>           (head (car data))
>           (plist (cadr data)))
>      (format "\\%s[%s][%s]{%s}"
>              (plist-get plist :type)
>              (plist-get plist :pre)
>              (plist-get plist :post)
>              head))))
> #+END_SRC
>
> 
>
> Exports to:
>
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
> \cite[See for example][page 47]{kitchin-2010}
> #+END_EXAMPLE
>
>
>
>
>>
>> All the best,
>> Tom
>
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