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From: Phil Jackson <phil@shellarchive.co.uk>
Subject: Re: bug in org-store-link
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:57:24 +0000
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Scott Otterson <scotto@u.washington.edu> writes:

[...]

> + expand matching pattern outwards until matching uniqueness is
> assured across the whole file

This isn't foolproof as an identical line could be added later leaving
us with much the same problem.

> + store  line number

This actually is already possible, but not the default behaviour for
org-store-link.

Also, from the manual:

 ,----[ org.html#Handling-links ]
 | If there is an active region, the selected words will form the basis of
 | the search string.
 `----

Cheers,
Phil
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