Re: Simple but repetitive http links

[Christian Moe]

Hi,

Org scans the file for link definitions when you visit it, so when you
type in the link definition in the buffer, Org is not automatically
aware that it exists. To refresh setup without reloading the file, you
can `C-c C-c' with point on the line with the definition. That should do
it.

Also, if you don't particularly need or like the behavior of querying
for creating a new headline when none is found, you can turn it off by
customizing org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline to nil (the default is
'query-to-create).

Yours,
Christian

Perry Smith writes:

> I'm new to Org mode.  I found this page
> https://orgmode.org/manual/Link-Abbreviations.html about Link
> Abbreviations but I wanted to report my confusion.
>
> I added:
>
> #+LINK: rails  https://rubyonrails.org
>
> to my org file and then I wrote [[rails][Rails]] and when I clicked
> the text, it asked me if I wanted to create a section.  I had to kill
> the buffer and reload it to get it to work.  That's fine but I'm
> wondering if there is a way to make it active without killing the
> buffer.  And I also wanted to suggest adding something about that in
> the manual.
>
> Perhaps this is a common fact with many of Org modes features that I
> missed somewhere?
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Perry