Optionally make external links explicit in text about book

[jsachs]

So you would want something where rather than having: A link, it would be like A link (http://somewebsite)?

Could we write a script over the .org to replace links like this?

[lvh]

Hi @jsachs :) We could, but that seems suboptimal; I think the piece of LaTeX that produces the links should also be able to make the links explicit as a build-time parameter.

[jsachs]

Okay. Sounds like a fun thing to work on. How about something like this? We can modify the build script to have a paper release option/target. I can also work on a python script to loop over the entire .org file, find the web links, and modify them to have this option. I'm grossly simplifying but I think that's the basic outline.

[lvh]

A parameter that reconfigures hyperref (at least I think it's probably hyperref), possibly by redefining one of hyperref's commands, sound like the best option, a lot better than screwing with the source file.

Env var sounds fine for configuring that.

Keep in mind that since we're using org-mode, you can totally do your conditionals in org-mode if you like; so you'll produce two different TeX's depending on how you're building.

Does that make any sense?

[jsachs]

Yes, but I'm sure I'll need to come back and ask more questions.

[lvh]

Thanks for your continued efforts!

[jsachs]

Where does mptopdf come from? I've installed TeX Live but the command is still not found?

[lvh]

That's interesting. It shipped with my TeXLive installation.

[lvh]

$which mptopdf
/usr/local/texlive/2013/bin/x86_64-darwin/mptopdf

I'm assuming other texlive tools are visible in your shell, i.e. the texlive bin dir is on your path, etc?

[jsachs]

Let me go re-add everything to my path and see if it works. The bin dir is there but sometimes my path is really fussy.

On Oct 3, 2014, at 11:47 AM, lvh [email protected] wrote:

$which mptopdf
/usr/local/texlive/2013/bin/x86_64-darwin/mptopdf
I'm assuming other texlive tools are visible in your shell, i.e. the texlive bin dir is on your path, etc?

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[jsachs]

I got the pdf to build. Hooray. However, I don't know anything about org mode. How do conditionals in ord mode work?

[lvh]

I am so sorry for this absurd delay. My inbox isn't giving me any repose, and I'm moving halfway across the world.

[jsachs]

No worries! I've got other stuff I'm working on. Good luck with the move!

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 11:35 AM, lvh [email protected] wrote:

I am so sorry for this absurd delay. My inbox isn't giving me any repose,
and I'm moving halfway across the world.

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