From: "Sebastian Wålinder" <s.walinder@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Keeping org-id entries updated with buffer position changes
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 02:47:02 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8734yxx6yh.fsf@nixos.mail-host-address-is-not-set> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871qekebif.fsf@nixos.mail-host-address-is-not-set>
I have been reading through the code, and it appears that org-id doesn't store the actual positions of ids within all files.
It's instead fetched every time the link is accessed. There must be something strange going on with the org cache causing this issue.
Sebastian Wålinder <s.walinder@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello!
>
> I often use org-id to create persistent links to headings like this:
>
> * Foo
> :PROPERTIES:
> :ID: BAR
> :END:
>
> [[BAR][Link]]
>
> However, after inserting a line above foo, following the link BAR will take me to the wrong line, because the org-id database hasn't been updated with the headline's new position.
>
> Running `org-id-update-id-locations` fixes this issue, but takes forever to run because it goes through all my org files.
>
> How would I keep these links updated when I make frequent edits? Is there a function that updates the IDs in a single file only? If so, I could advice the open link function to run it first and update all the positions quickly before following the link.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-29 16:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-26 23:54 Keeping org-id entries updated with buffer position changes Sebastian Wålinder
2023-09-29 16:47 ` Sebastian Wålinder [this message]
2023-09-30 0:00 ` Sebastian Wålinder
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