Re: Bug: Double colon in org link description breaks the link [9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)]

[Steven Bagley]

Yes, that works for the example I quoted. The source of the original "::" is 
org-mac-link, not my typing. Maybe that could insert a different character 
sequence to avoid any confusion.

--Steve

On Mon, May 3, 2021, at 10:30, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> "Steven Bagley" <stevenbagley@fastmail.fm> writes:
> 
> > I am aware of the meaning of "::". Is this a design decision or an
> > implementation constraint? My intuition, obviously wrong here, is that
> > link, being a special kind of object, should have priority over what
> > amounts to a formatting command.
> 
> - ... :: is also a special kind of syntax. It starts before the link
>   (and being a block element, it even has priority over link).
> 
> Have you tried the solution I gave you?
> 
> Regards,
>