Re: [PATCH v2] Keep the link if the command was cancelled

[Evgenii Klimov]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> Evgenii Klimov <eugene.dev@lipklim.org> writes:
>
[...]
>> -    (when (funcall (if (equal complete-file '(64)) 'not 'identity)
>> -               (not org-link-keep-stored-after-insertion))
>> -      (setq org-stored-links (delq (assoc link org-stored-links)
>> -                               org-stored-links)))
>> -
>>      (when (and (string-match org-link-plain-re link)
>>             (not (string-match org-ts-regexp link)))
>>        ;; URL-like link, normalize the use of angular brackets.
>> @@ -1995,6 +1990,10 @@ Use TAB to complete link prefixes, then RET for 
>> type-specific completion support
>>                       (read-string "Description: " initial-input)
>>                     initial-input)))
>
> The code below the removed form can modify `link' variable. If such
> modification does happen, your patch will fail to remove the link from
> `org-stored-links' - (assoc link org-stored-links) will no longer return
> non-nil.

I added `link-original' variable to keep it intact until we want to
remove the link from `org-stored-links'.

>From a5ff8d4fe27fd503a6ddb719a622a980a73789a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evgenii Klimov <eugene.dev@lipklim.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 22:56:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Keep the link if it was not inserted

* lisp/ol.el (org-insert-link): Keep the link in `org-stored-links' if
the command was interrupted by the user during the reading of a
description from the minibuffer.
---
 lisp/ol.el | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/ol.el b/lisp/ol.el
index e2bf90acd..1490bde86 100644
--- a/lisp/ol.el
+++ b/lisp/ol.el
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ non-interactively, don't allow to edit the default 
description."
         (all-prefixes (append (mapcar #'car abbrevs)
                               (mapcar #'car org-link-abbrev-alist)
                               (org-link-types)))
-         entry)
+         entry link-original)
     (cond
      (link-location)                 ; specified by arg, just use it.
      ((org-in-regexp org-link-bracket-re 1)
@@ -1896,11 +1896,7 @@ Use TAB to complete link prefixes, then RET for 
type-specific completion support
       (or entry (push link org-link--insert-history))
       (setq desc (or desc (nth 1 entry)))))
 
-    (when (funcall (if (equal complete-file '(64)) 'not 'identity)
-                  (not org-link-keep-stored-after-insertion))
-      (setq org-stored-links (delq (assoc link org-stored-links)
-                                  org-stored-links)))
-
+    (setq link-original link)
     (when (and (string-match org-link-plain-re link)
               (not (string-match org-ts-regexp link)))
       ;; URL-like link, normalize the use of angular brackets.
@@ -1995,6 +1991,10 @@ Use TAB to complete link prefixes, then RET for 
type-specific completion support
                      (read-string "Description: " initial-input)
                    initial-input)))
 
+    (when (funcall (if (equal complete-file '(64)) 'not 'identity)
+                   (not org-link-keep-stored-after-insertion))
+      (setq org-stored-links (delq (assoc link-original org-stored-links)
+                                   org-stored-links)))
     (unless (org-string-nw-p desc) (setq desc nil))
     (when remove (apply #'delete-region remove))
     (insert (org-link-make-string link desc))
-- 
2.34.1