org-goto-node: open id link in other window

[fleimgruber]

Using this config:

https://github.com/meedstrom/org-node/blob/a1dc8b518e6a3345082acf139d402211e27406ad/README.org#let-org-open-at-point-detect-refs

I am not able to open a link in other window as I could with (org-open-at-point) and prefix argument. How could we enable that in org-node? What about falling back to org-open-at-point and passing through the prefix argument - as is e.g. done here:

https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs/blob/5e7e93beb9f2b5a81768aaf4950203ceea21c4f6/modules/lang/org/autoload/org.el#L273

[meedstrom]

Looking for where org-open-at-point decides to open in other window.

I see org-open-at-point leads to org-link-open which leads to a dispatch based on link type.

For ID it's (org-link-get-parameter "id" :follow) => org-id-open
For https it's (org-link-get-parameter "https" :follow) => browse-url

And indeed, both of these expressions result in using the other window:

 (funcall 'org-id-open "bfb1d583-e6f3-47e5-97cd-a54d7398c58a" nil)
 (funcall 'browse-url "gnu.org" nil)

Looked at internals of org-id-open. Found that it uses an interesting variable org-link-frame-setup... I guess that org-node-try-visit-ref-node should make use of it in the same way. Thanks for pointing it out!

EDIT: It's possible we could use org-open-at-point, yeah. Have to think about it.

On a related note, I was just reading about other-window-prefix at https://karthinks.com/software/emacs-window-management-almanac/#the-other-window-prefix--built-in. Seems a better way to take control of these things! Just wanted to share :)

[fleimgruber]

Thanks for looking into it and sharing! Respecting org-link-frame-setup sounds like a good idea. Happy to experiment with different approaches. On that note: thanks for pointing out other-window-prefix, interestingly it opens in other window on the first link that I try, but keeping the window split open, switching back to the link origin window and trying it again on another link the link target gets opened in the origin window as if I had not used other-window-prefix.

[fleimgruber]

@meedstrom Sometimes it pays off to think more about a problem to find a better solution (for me at least): I am going to keep the behavior of opening the link in same window. I find it more predictable to create a window layout that I want beforehand and then navigate to the target window and open the link there. That way, I have more control and window management and navigation tools (e.g. ace-window) make this convenient. So resolved for me, your call to close or keep open as reminder.

[meedstrom]

Happy you found a satisfactory workflow!

I will keep this open, because it'll be more correct behavior (less surprise) to emulate org-id-open.