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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lisp/org.el: make org-open-at-point handle parens in
 encoded urls correctly
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:10:56 +0200
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To: Marc Ihm <marc@ihm.name>
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Hello,

Marc Ihm <marc@ihm.name> writes:

> the attached patch changes org-open-at-point in org.el:
>
> Currently, when opening an url the function org-open-at-point uses the
> variable path, which is the result of applying org-link-unescape on
> the original url. Thus, all special chars like '() "' etc. which were
> originally encoded like %20%28 etc. are reverted to their clear text
> form. This worked for me in most cases, but gives me errors when my
> url contains encoded chars like '()', i.e. %28%29.
>
> The submitted patch fixes this by simply using the original url with
> all special chars still encoded.
>
> Please consider applying it, if fit.

Thank you.

The problem here is that Org could introduce additional percent-encoding
upon creating a link. This additional layer needs to be removed before
opening the link.

I think there's a deeper issue to solve here. Your patch is likely to
move the problem elsewhere.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou