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On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 04:43:53PM +0200, Klaus-Dieter Bauer wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I intend to use org-mode for organizing my research notes; I prefer however
> a "wiki" style with many files rather than one big file.
> 
> I found that the ID mechanism is quite robust for linking across files, but
> most of the time I'd like to link to a file, not a heading in that file, by
> ID. Is that possible in org-mode?

The motivation behind id links is their guaranteed uniqueness.  For
linking to files, doesn't simply using filenames do that?

  [[file:path/to/file.org][My notes]]

Why reinvent the wheel?  ;)

Hope this helps,

-- 
Suvayu

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