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Re: [O] capture, attach, link files from web
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Eric Abrahamsen |
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Re: [O] capture, attach, link files from web |
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Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:31:44 +0800 |
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Myles English <address@hidden> writes:
> address@hidden writes:
>
>>>> I've often thought it would be nice to link to images in an org file
>>>> with http: links, then at some arbitrary point in time call a
>>>> hypothetical org-localize-external-resources command. That command would
>>>> wget all the external resources, put them somewhere local, and switch
>>>> the links to the file: type. Just a thought.
>
> How about a derived export backend with a filter that does a wget and
> rewrites the links?
>
> One problem could be what if a wget fails? As I am finding with my
> implementation, some websites only allow browserlike access.
That's kind of why I think it would be better as a standalone
interactive function, rather than an export preprocessing thingummy.
You'd run it first, with timeouts and error messages, etc, and then
export when you're done.
- [O] capture, attach, link files from web, Myles English, 2013/10/07
- Re: [O] capture, attach, link files from web, Oleh, 2013/10/07
- Re: [O] capture, attach, link files from web, Eric Abrahamsen, 2013/10/07
- Re: [O] capture, attach, link files from web, Myles English, 2013/10/07
- Re: [O] capture, attach, link files from web, Eric Abrahamsen, 2013/10/07
- Re: [O] capture, attach, link files from web, Myles English, 2013/10/08
- Re: [O] capture, attach, link files from web,
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