Custom Roam-style link

[bruce]

@alan

Insert links as you write using typical org syntax: [[roam:_]] . But the link face hides the roam: prefix, and colors the brackets and link path to stand out. I bound M-[ to simply insert the roam pattern and place the point where the _ is, ready to write, but of course the shortcut is arbitrary. I have M-r bound to the same construct, but with an ivy completion prompt for more difficult titles. The link is color-coded to indicate whether the note already exists or not.

This may bear on the question of brackets vs no brackets.

I’m confused on the UX.

In Roam, I think they do the brackets to avoid needing any other command to prompt for completion candidates.

Are you saying you first do the brackets, then M-r?

If yes, isn’t that redundant?