Re: [QUESTION] What's the ":desk" link parameter?

[Ihor Radchenko]

> I'm not sure `org-link-make-description-function' is used a lot out
> there, but the change may break existing configurations/hacks.

It should not break anything. I did not remove
`org-link-make-description-function' functionality. Just marked it as
deprecated.

> Also, is it something we could use in the current export backends
> or just for the users?  If the latter, then I'm in favor of making
> this move, probably for 9.5.

I am not very familiar with the export code, but the function provided
in :description property should follow the same conventions with
`org-link-make-description-function'. The only place it is used is
org-insert-link. I do not see how it can influence export code. As I
understand, org-insert-link is mostly for users.

Best,
Ihor


Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Ihor,
>
> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> thanks for the patch.  I assume you are submitting it against master,
>>> am I right?
>>
>> The patch is against commit 2e96dc639.
>
> I see, thanks.
>
>>> From reading this, I don't see what bug it fixes, what problem it
>>> solves or what real user need it responds to, but maybe I lost part
>>> of the context.  Can you explain why this should be applied?
>>
>> It does not fix any bug. Rather adds a new feature [1]. Currently, org
>> provides org-link-make-description-function as user customisation to
>> compute default link description. The patch provides a way to set such
>> description functions on per link type basis (via :description link
>> parameter). Using link parameters looks natural for me since similar
>> customisation is already done in :follow and :store link parameters.
>
> Okay, I understand.  It feels natural to me too.
>
> I'm not sure `org-link-make-description-function' is used a lot out
> there, but the change may break existing configurations/hacks.
>
> Also, is it something we could use in the current export backends
> or just for the users?  If the latter, then I'm in favor of making
> this move, probably for 9.5.
>
> Nicolas, what do you think?
>
> -- 
>  Bastien

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Ihor Radchenko,
PhD,
Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-nano)
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong 
University, Xi'an, China
Email: yantar92@gmail.com, ihor_radchenko@alumni.sutd.edu.sg