Re: How to fully control parsing of Org mode links during export

[Ihor Radchenko]

Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org> writes:

> I could really use some help from Org export experts.  I have
> been trying to tweak export link parsing to do what I want
> without any success.  Here is a summary of the issues and related
> questions I have.

You generally should not need to modify the _parser_.
What you may need to do is modifying the exporter.
For example, by defining a custom export backend. Or export filter.
See "13.17 Advanced Export Configuration" section of the manual.

> 3. When exporting from an Org file and I have defined the html export
>    syntax for mytype: to html, I want this:
>      [[mytype:MyLink]]
>      [[Testing]]
>    to be converted into this:
>      <a href="MyLink.html">MyLink</a>
>      <a href="Testing.html">Testing</a>
>    but instead Org export produces:
>      <a href="<a href="MyLink.html">MyLink</a>.html">mytype:<a
> href="Testing.html">Testing</a></a>

This has nothing to do with Org mode exporter. What is produced for
custom link types totally depends on the custom :export function you
defined for your link.

> 2. How can I get the exporter to run in my current Emacs process and
>    spawn a new Emacs so that I can easily debug in-process?  I think I have
>    turned off the async export option but it still runs async and I can't
>    step through the exporter functions.

Async is disabled by default. So, something in your config enables
it.

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