Re: Any way to tell Emacs how to open specific URIs?

[Jean Louis]

* Akira Kyle <akira@akirakyle.com> [2020-12-03 02:50]:
> 
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 10:03 AM, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
> 
> > As URI handler it is fine to invent one owns URIs. And I find it
> > useful to make anything. I would even find more useful if there would
> > be hyperlink system in Emacs where users could programmatically
> > hyperlink anything by regexp and connect hyperlinks to regexps. GNU
> > Hyperbole does similar thing but files are directory based. I am
> > developig hypertext system, dynamic knowledge repository and thus
> > using goto-address-mode and buttons heavily.
> > 
> > I am not using it for URLs, I am using it for any URIs, not just URL
> > and my use it also for such, it is easier that way than defining
> > buttons specifically.
> 
> Kind of sounds like org custom hyperlink types[1]. For example I find the
> org-ref package immensely useful and it defines a custom link type given by
> `cite:` which then takes me to its bibtex entry or pdf.
> 
> [1] https://orgmode.org/manual/Adding-Hyperlink-Types.html

I see the page.

It looks as being hard coded only for Org mode but not for general
emacs. It would be more useful to define general handler for Emacs for
man: URI that is then only invoked by Org mode.