From: Klaus-Dieter Bauer <bauer.klaus.dieter@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Per file ID
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 18:03:40 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20130606T195903-289@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20130525131201.GB16539@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com
Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> 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,
>
For me the purpose of using IDs is, amongst others, being able to reorganize
my files without breaking links.
Hence direct file links are unique but not robust. I even add UUIDs to every
plot I generate by now for similiar reasons ;)
That said, with my wiki-style approach having one top-level heading per file
turned out reasonable anyway.
kind regards, Klaus
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-06 18:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-24 14:43 Per file ID Klaus-Dieter Bauer
2013-05-24 17:31 ` Bastien
2013-05-25 13:12 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-06-06 18:03 ` Klaus-Dieter Bauer [this message]
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