Re: [O] How to get the link the point is on?

[Sebastien Vauban]

Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> On 2014-09-25, at 23:50, Thorsten Jolitz wrote:
>> Marcin Borkowski <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>> my question is as in subject.  It is done by org-open-at-point
>>> (somehow), but the logic seems to be buried in that function.  What I'd
>>> like to have is a function that would just extract the link portion
>>> (which is normally invisible) and displayed it in the echo area
>>> (something like hovering over a link in a web browser).
>>>
>>> I skimmed through org.el, and either I couldn't find a function which
>>> does it, or this email is a feature request;).
>>
>> you know about 
>>
>> ,----[ C-h f org-toggle-link-display RET ]
>> | org-toggle-link-display is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
>> | `org.el'.
>> | 
>> | It is bound to <menu-bar> <Org> <Hyperlinks> <Descriptive Links>,
>> | <menu-bar> <Org> <Hyperlinks> <Literal Links>.
>> | 
>> | (org-toggle-link-display)
>> | 
>> | Toggle the literal or descriptive display of links.
>> `----
>
> Yes, I do, but this is not what I'm looking for.  I want to see the
> `descriptive' links, only to be able (sometimes) to look up the actual
> target of the link.  (And I don't like the idea of moving the point to
> the end, pressing <backspace> to delete the rightmost bracket, and then
> pressing C-\ to undo it...)

When I want to see *all* the contents in my Org file (that is LOGBOOK
entries, URL in links, etc.), I use M-x visible-mode.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban