Re: Org exports broken ID links

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Rudolf Adamkovič <rudolf@adamkovic.org> writes:

>>> `ox-texinfo' exports the link as
>>> 
>>>     @uref{file://test.org,Foo}
>>
>> the link points to the test.org file. It is not broken - the relevant
>> heading is present in the .org file even though it is absent in the
>> exported .texi file.
>
> Oh, I see now.  OMG, I would have never guessed that!
>
> [It definitely is not intuitive.]

Depends.
Consider, for example, subtree export with subtree containing links to
the rest of the Org file. Then, it makes more sense, I think.

> Either way, thank you for re-explaining. :)

I actually spoke too soon.

     * Foo :noexport:
     :PROPERTIES:
     :ID: xxx
     :END:

     * Bar
     [[id:xxx][Foo]]

does produce invalid link in the html export.

More specifically, it first produces .org link, but then
`org-html-link-org-files-as-html' comes into play, and HTML exporter
assumes that the whole original .org file has been exported, converting
the link back into internal html link.

So...
Confirmed.

However, the fix would be more or less easy just for links to the
current .org file. It is not clear what to do with links to external org
files - we have no information whether the link target (or even the
linked org file) is exported or not.

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