Re: [POLL] We plan to remove #+LINK: ...%(my-function) placeholder from link abbreviation spec

[Ihor Radchenko]

Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com> writes:

>> You can, of course, write that function; but then you might as well
>> use org-link-abbrev-alist instead of defining a local #+LINK.
>
> Perhaps I misunderstood, I thought the thing being polled was whether or
> not to allow org-link-abbrev-alist to have REPLACE (per its docstring)
> be a function.  I.e., if %(my-function) is removed, so too would the
> ability to have a function in the REPLACE position in
> org-link-abbrev-alist.  Did I misunderstand?

Yup. I only meant %(...) placeholder constructs.
("linkkey" . REPLACE) where REPLACE is a function symbol will still be
allowed.

What will not be allowed is:

#+LINK: linkkey %(my-function)
and
("linkkey" . "...%(my-function)...") in `org-link-abbrev-alist'.

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