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From: John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: most robust linking practices?
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:09:48 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ51ETqTOtr98xLwT2Qu7fmFwo7R3aMoPCJ8-WDW12vFqYT7qQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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Hi all,

I am using org-mode in a multiuser environment, (i.e. many people have
access to the org-files). I create org-files with links in them to other
files, and I am trying to find the most robust way to do that.

For example, in one file in section I type C-c l to store a link, and then
later C-c-C-l to insert it in another file. That link looks like this:

[[file:~/dft-book/dft.org::*Introduction%20to%20DFT][Introduction to DFT]]

It works for me, but not for other users, because of the ~ in it.

I have tried using org-id, with mixed results.  I set this up in my init
file

;; automatically create ids for links
(require 'org-id)
(setq org-id-link-to-org-use-id 'create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id)


Now, when C-c l is typed, it creates a unique id in the heading, and the
link looks like this:
[[id:065443d5-59d7-4119-b530-7b63af28349b][Background]]

I haven't figured out a detail though. If the original file is not open,
org-mode does not seem to find it when I click on it.

Am I missing some setup for org-id? I can see here
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-api/org-id-api.html that there is some concept
of a database of ids, but I didn't see anything about using it.

How would another user click on that id link and get to the file if they
didn't have the database?

Finally, the end goal here is to package a set of interlinked org-files
that someone else would use as a standalone package. What is the best link
strategy for that?

Thanks!

John

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John Kitchin
Associate Professor
Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu

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next             reply	other threads:[~2014-01-16 21:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-16 21:09 John Kitchin [this message]
2014-01-16 22:32 ` most robust linking practices? Nick Dokos
2014-01-17 14:43   ` John Kitchin
2014-01-17 15:19     ` Brett Viren
2014-01-17 15:47     ` Nick Dokos
2014-01-19 20:37       ` John Kitchin

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