[PATCH v2] Re: Adding target and custom id links doesn't ask for description

[Ihor Radchenko]

Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita@gmail.com> writes:

>> Carlos, have you tried Ihor's patch? I like the intention, but I do not
>> see any effect.
>>
>
> Yes, I've tested it with target and custom_id links and, as you said, there
> is no change in behavior. The entire URL is still pasted and no chance to
> edit it is given to the user.

Oops. Somehow some way things worked for me at some point when I was
making the patch.

See the updated version of the patch attached. It works on my side.

>From 64c85eed9471b73e379e063dc3becefceb1ec650 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-Id: 
<64c85eed9471b73e379e063dc3becefceb1ec650.1660366803.git.yantar92@gmail.com>
From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:25:26 +0800
Subject: [PATCH v2] org-store-link: Default to empty description for
 target/custom-id links

* lisp/ol.el (org-store-link): Use empty description by default (ask user).

Fixes D99A712C-18D1-4A4F-8093-35A0BFB469C4@gmail.com">https://orgmode.org/list/D99A712C-18D1-4A4F-8093-35A0BFB469C4@gmail.com
---
 lisp/ol.el | 13 ++++---------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/ol.el b/lisp/ol.el
index b7d74d0bf..358a96aae 100644
--- a/lisp/ol.el
+++ b/lisp/ol.el
@@ -1577,10 +1577,8 @@ (defun org-store-link (arg &optional interactive?)
                  t))))
        (setq link (plist-get org-store-link-plist :link))
         ;; If store function actually set `:description' property, use
-        ;; it, even if it is nil.  Otherwise, fallback to link value.
-       (setq desc (if (plist-member org-store-link-plist :description)
-                       (plist-get org-store-link-plist :description)
-                    link)))
+        ;; it, even if it is nil.  Otherwise, fallback to nil (ask user).
+       (setq desc (plist-get org-store-link-plist :description)))
 
        ;; Store a link from a remote editing buffer.
        ((org-src-edit-buffer-p)
@@ -1697,9 +1695,7 @@ (defun org-store-link (arg &optional interactive?)
                    (and org-id-link-to-org-use-id (org-entry-get nil "ID"))))
           (setq link (condition-case nil
                          (prog1 (org-id-store-link)
-                           (setq desc (or (plist-get org-store-link-plist
-                                                     :description)
-                                          "")))
+                           (setq desc (plist-get org-store-link-plist 
:description)))
                        (error
                         ;; Probably before first headline, link only to file.
                         (concat "file:"
@@ -1761,8 +1757,7 @@ (defun org-store-link (arg &optional interactive?)
 
       ;; We're done setting link and desc, clean up
       (when (consp link) (setq cpltxt (car link) link (cdr link)))
-      (setq link (or link cpltxt)
-           desc (or desc cpltxt))
+      (setq link (or link cpltxt))
       (cond ((not desc))
            ((equal desc "NONE") (setq desc nil))
            (t (setq desc (org-link-display-format desc))))
-- 
2.35.1


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