Variable: denote-fontify-links-mode-hook

denote-fontify-links-mode-hook is a customizable variable defined in denote.el.

Value

nil

Documentation

Hook run after entering or leaving denote-fontify-links-mode(var)/denote-fontify-links-mode(fun).

No problems result if this variable is not bound. add-hook automatically binds it. (This is true for all hook variables.)

Source Code

;; Defined in ~/.emacs.d/elpa/denote-4.2.3/denote.el
;;;###autoload
(define-minor-mode denote-fontify-links-mode
  "Fontify Denote links in plain text buffers.
Do so only when the current buffer is a Denote note and the major mode
is not `org-mode' or `markdown-mode' (or any major mode derived
therefrom)."
  :init-value nil
  :global nil
  :group 'denote
  (require 'thingatpt)
  (if (and buffer-file-name
           (not (derived-mode-p 'org-mode 'markdown-mode))
           (denote-file-is-in-denote-directory-p buffer-file-name)
           (denote-file-has-supported-extension-p buffer-file-name)
           (denote-file-has-denoted-filename-p buffer-file-name))
      (progn
        (if denote-fontify-links-mode
            (progn
              (add-to-invisibility-spec 'denote-fontified-link)
              (denote-fontify-links--set-data)
              (font-lock-add-keywords nil '((denote-fontify-links)))
              (setq-local thing-at-point-provider-alist
                          (append thing-at-point-provider-alist
                                  '((url . denote--get-link-file-path-at-point)))))
          (remove-from-invisibility-spec 'denote-fontified-link)
          (kill-local-variable 'denote-fontify-links--data)
          (font-lock-remove-keywords nil '((denote-fontify-links)))
          (setq-local thing-at-point-provider-alist
                      (delete
                       '(url . denote--get-link-file-path-at-point)
                       thing-at-point-provider-alist)))
        (font-lock-update))
    ;; NOTE 2026-01-02: If we do not set the value here, then it is
    ;; toggled on/off even though the above `if' never reaches its
    ;; THEN branch.
    (setq denote-fontify-links-mode nil)
    ;; NOTE 2026-01-02: In interactive use, we get a message that the
    ;; mode is disabled if we call it in non-supported buffers.  I
    ;; tried to `let' bind the `inhibit-message' but that did not
    ;; work.  So I am doing this instead...
    (when (called-interactively-p 'interactive)
      (message "`denote-fontify-links-mode' works only in plain text buffers inside the `denote-directory'"))))