One little-know feature of org-mode is that you can define new types
of links with the aptly named org-add-link-type. The applications of
this virtue are many. One might, for instance, write links which
search an entire code base for an expression.
(org-add-link-type"grep"'endless/follow-grep-link)(defunendless/follow-grep-link(regexp)"Run `rgrep' with REGEXP as argument."(grep-compute-defaults)(rgrepregexp"*"(expand-file-name"./")))
Then, when you click on something like the following link in an
org-mode buffer, you'll be taken to a list of results.
** TODO Refactor [[grep:OldClassName][OldClassName]] into NewClassName
LINK header arguments
As /u/blue1_ points out, for links that are simple URL substitutions
you can also use #+LINK headers.
#+LINK: isbn http://www.amazon.com/dp/%s
Tag Searches
For another use case, the following code defines links which search
your headlines for specific tags.
(org-add-link-type"tag"'endless/follow-tag-link)(defunendless/follow-tag-link(tag)"Display a list of TODO headlines with tag TAG.
With prefix argument, also display headlines without a TODO keyword."(org-tags-view(nullcurrent-prefix-arg)tag))
Use Org-Mode Links for Absolutely Anything
10 Aug 2014, by Artur Malabarba.The Power of Org-links post series
One little-know feature of org-mode is that you can define new types of links with the aptly named
org-add-link-type. The applications of this virtue are many. One might, for instance, write links which search an entire code base for an expression.Then, when you click on something like the following link in an
org-modebuffer, you'll be taken to a list of results.LINK header arguments
As /u/blue1_ points out, for links that are simple URL substitutions you can also use
#+LINKheaders.Tag Searches
For another use case, the following code defines links which search your headlines for specific tags.
Then, merely write your links as
The syntax allowed, described here, is the same used for the
org-tags-viewcommand.Tags: org-mode, init.el, emacs,
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