At Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:09:48 -0400,
Liam Healy wrote:
>
> With recent versions (since about version 7) of org-mode, I cannot
> generate links in a non-org file when org-id-store-link is in
> org-store-link-functions.  Either I get an error "before first
> headline" (makes no sense to me, since I'm not in an org file), or
> emacs spins forever, saturating the CPU and doing nothing.  If I leave
> org-id-store-link out of org-store-link-functions, everything works
> fine but of course I get no id link in org files.  Is there a fix for
> this?

Which Org and Emacs version are you using?

M-x org-version RET
M-x emacs-version RET

And can you provide a backtrace for this behavior?

 1. reload Org mode so it runs on uncompiled files

    M-x org-reload RET

 2. Toggle debug-on-quit and debug-on-error

    M-x toggle-debug-on-quite RET
    M-x toggle-debug-on-error RET

 3. Try to reproduce the bug (if Emacs spins for ever, hit C-g)

If you encounter the error or can stop Emacs from hanging (C-g), you
get a buffer with the backtrace.

Best,
  -- David
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