cannot get some external links to work in org-mode

[yilihong]

Description

Cannot get some external links to work in org-mode. In particular:
bibliography:references.bib
This is after org-ref is installed as an optional package in spacemacs

Reproduction guide

• Start Emacs
• Install org-ref
• open a file called "test.org"
  -type "bibliography:references.bib"
  -again, in a new line, type "file:references.bib", the external link shows up

Observed behaviour:
There is no external link showing up for the line "bibliography:references.bib"

Expected behaviour:
"bibliography:references.bib" will show up as a clickable external link

System Info

• OS: darwin
• Emacs: 24.5.1
• Spacemacs: 0.105.21
• Spacemacs branch: master (rev. 0283f64)
• Graphic display: t
• Distribution: spacemacs-base
• Editing style: emacs
• Completion: helm
• Layers:

(auto-completion emacs-lisp git github markdown python
                 (latex :variables latex-build-command "LatexMk" latex-enable-auto-fill nil latex-enable-folding nil)
                 company-mode html themes-megapack
                 (shell :variables shell-default-height 30 shell-default-position 'bottom shell-enable-smart-eshell t)
                 (spell-checking :variables spell-checking-enable-by-default nil spell-checking-enable-auto-dictionary t)
                 syntax-checking
                 (version-control :variables version-control-diff-tool 'git-gutter  version-control-global-margin t)
                 flycheck
                 (org :variables org-enable-github-support t))

Backtrace

BACKTRACE IF RELEVANT

[yilihong]

this was resolved by adding:

(require 'org-ref)

to the user config file. I suspect the integration with org-ref is still not perfect? Adding org-ref to the additional layer didn't work.

[jajpater]

I guess that's a feature not a bug.

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