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user4035
user4035

Reputation: 23749

How to escape special symbols inside org mode links

org-mode has the following format for links:

[[<file-name>::<text-to-search>][<link text>]]

What should I do, if <text-to-search> contains ']' symbol? Like this:

$form['input']

Upvotes: 2

Views: 409

Answers (1)

user4035
user4035

Reputation: 23749

Special symbols must be URL-encoded: instead of [ we should write %5B and ] -> %5D:

[[<file-name>::$form%5B%27input%27%5D][<link text>]]

Upvotes: 2

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