Re: what is the purpose of "This link has already been stored"?

[Samuel Wales]

although i just store and insert now, i'd also welcome the ability to
collect links from various places and have them someplace like a
register where they can be pasted all at once.  or even edit the list
in the register, clear it, etc.


On 6/29/23, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:
> Anthony Carrico <acarrico@memebeam.org> writes:
>
>>> Makes sense. It is a +1 for a defcustom.
>>> Although I still believe that we should change the current default, even
>>> if leaving an option to fall back to previous behaviour.
>>
>> I don't think there is much reason to complicate the interface with a
>> defcustom. The current default is an error, so changing the default
>> doesn't break the workflow of anyone using it the way Samuel describes
>> (unless I'm missing something).
>
> What Samuel described is a sequence of M-x org-store-link followed by
> M-x org-insert-all-links. With such workflow, user can expect that the
> links are going to be stored in order. If we are instead shuffle the
> stored links, M-x org-insert-all-links may result in unexpected
> behaviour.
>
> Currently, when link to place is already stored, not error is thrown, a
> message is displayed, no link is stored, and the stored link list is not
> altered.
>
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