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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Martin Marshall <law@martinmarshall.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is there something people use instead of org-ctags? (was: [PATCH] `org-ctags-create-tags` creates empty TAGS file)
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 14:29:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871q9kqtod.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h6iggbyw.fsf@martinmarshall.com>

Martin Marshall <law@martinmarshall.com> writes:

> Other than a 4 year old Reddit post[2], there've been no bug reports or
> mailing list discussions about it in the fourteen years since the bug
> was introduced.  This gives me the impression that very few people are
> using the org-ctags package.

Yeah.

> That's surprising, because it seems like it could be very useful.  It
> allows for linking to "direct targets" from external files[3], which is
> similar to the "come-from" links that Howm implements.  It's a very
> low-effort, low-friction way to add links between different notes.
>
> Is there some other way to create this sort of simple external link in
> org-mode?  Is there some other package that provides a similar feature?

The most commonly used link type is id:. It is also file-independent and
can link to arbitrary headings with :ID: property.

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  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-10 14:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-09 23:57 [PATCH] `org-ctags-create-tags` creates empty TAGS file [9.6.15 (release_9.6.15 @ /home/martin/Projects/emacs/lisp/org/)] Martin Marshall
2024-02-10  4:49 ` Is there something people use instead of org-ctags? (was: [PATCH] `org-ctags-create-tags` creates empty TAGS file) Martin Marshall
2024-02-10 14:29   ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-02-10 14:27 ` [PATCH] `org-ctags-create-tags` creates empty TAGS file [9.6.15 (release_9.6.15 @ /home/martin/Projects/emacs/lisp/org/)] Ihor Radchenko
2024-02-10 21:10   ` Morgan Willcock
2024-02-10 21:20     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-03-19 10:21     ` Max Nikulin
2024-03-20 12:08       ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-28  7:37         ` [PATCH] org-ctags.el: Protect shell specials in directory name Max Nikulin
2024-04-28 12:53           ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-28 16:51             ` Max Nikulin
2024-04-28 16:55               ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-28 16:58                 ` Max Nikulin
2024-04-28 17:02                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-29 10:26                     ` Max Nikulin
2024-04-29 13:12                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-29 16:54                         ` [PATCH] org-ctags.el: Do not activate on load Max Nikulin
2024-04-30 10:02                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-30 11:20                             ` [PATCH] org.el: Call EXT-enable for `org-modules' (was Re: [PATCH] org-ctags.el: Do not activate on load) Max Nikulin
2024-05-01 10:21                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-05-01 11:38                                 ` Max Nikulin
2024-05-01 13:57                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-30 12:59                             ` [PATCH] org-ctags.el: Do not activate on load Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-30 13:37                               ` Max Nikulin
2024-04-30 15:31                                 ` Ihor Radchenko

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