Re: Cannot link to files with no extension

[Colin Baxter]

Hello, Bhavin,
>>>>> Bhavin Gandhi <bhavin7392@gmail.com> writes:

    > Hello Colin,
    > On Wed, 9 Mar 2022 at 02:24, Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> wrote:
    >> Org-mode cannot link to files without an extension. I therefore
    >> cannot use org-store-link for org-journal files, etc.

    > I'm not able to reproduce this on the latest main branch. I tried
    > this with Emacs 28.0.91:

    > Opened the COPYING file from org-mode repository.  Executed M-x
    > org-store-link Created test.org and did C-c C-l.

    > I was able to create a link and open it with C-c C-o.

    > Can you add more details like version, and steps to reproduce with
    > emacs -Q?

    > -- Regards, Bhavin Gandhi (bhavin192) | https://geeksocket.in

Thanks for your reply.

1. Touch two files in some directory:
   touch a.org <RET>, touch z <RET>

2. emacs -Q <RET>

3. C-x f a.org <RET> and C-x f z <RET>

4. Write some text in each file
   (I suppose this is not really necessary).

5. Close the buffer z.

6. In a.org enter [[file:./z][This is file z]] and save.

7. Click on the link.

8. Message "Running less in /path/to/z ... done", but link does not
   open.

9. I get the same if I use C-c C-o.

10. Copy z to z.org.

11. In a.org enter [[file:./z.org][This is file z.org]] and save.

12. Link now opens if it's clicked or C-c C-o is used.

This test was done with emacs-29.0.50 and org-version 9.52. I'm on
Debian 4.9.290-1.

I hope this helps.

Best wishes,

Colin.