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From: a4ofubmq@anonaddy.com
To: yantar92@posteo.net
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [FR] Allow searching by outline path in file: links to Org files [file:<filename::*parent heading::*child] (was: org-store-link relative to parent headings)
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 12:22:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0d139df92d364d9096b16a96dd41d8c0@anonaddy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v7xwz1v8.fsf@localhost>

> > there is ambiguity right now if you want to org-store-link to
> > heading 2
> > > subheading 1. By default org stores
> > [[file:<FILENAME>::*subheading1]], which would incorrectly point to
> > heading 1.
> > 
> > Instead it could be [[file:<FILENAME>::*heading 2**subheading1]]
> > 
> > Please let me know what you think, if this has been already
> > suggested.
> > I know that you could create unique UUID in PROPERTIES, but
> > wouldn't it
> > be more informative if org-store-link used parent headings instead?
> > I
> > think it would be more elegant and not dissimilar from other
> > popular
> > addressing schemes (e.g. file paths or urls).
> 
> I think that such feature does make sense.
> In a way, we already use something similar in org-refile - search by
> outline path.
> 
> I am not sure if I like the format you proposed though.
> Maybe we can instead try to implement nested search options.
> Something
> like [file:<filename>::*heading 2::*subheading1]
> 
> You may refer to the existing code in `org-id-open' that allows to
> narrow down link search to an existing subtree.

Yes, exactly and formatting you proposed makes sense to me as well.



      reply	other threads:[~2024-10-16 12:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-01 23:24 org-store-link relative to parent headings a4ofubmq
2024-10-13 11:19 ` [FR] Allow searching by outline path in file: links to Org files [file:<filename::*parent heading::*child] (was: org-store-link relative to parent headings) Ihor Radchenko
2024-10-13 12:22   ` a4ofubmq [this message]

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