Re: Feature request: IDs for everything

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Tor Erlend Fjelde <tor.github@gmail.com> writes:

>> If we simply allow id: links to point to non-headings, it will be a
>> major breaking change that may affect third-party packages. So, we
>> need to design the extended ids carefully to avoid breakage. For
>> example, `org-id-find' and other API function may need to work in two
>> modes: (1) legacy, only searching for headings; (2) new, searching for
>> anything. This can, for example, be done via an extra optional argument.
>
> This is a very good point, and definitively makes things non-trivial.
> Nonetheless, I'd be happy to have a go at it if this seems like the way
> to go! But I'll probably need quite a bit of help in the process as I
> haven't contributed to Org before.

This is a moderately difficult contribution. As a first step, you will
need to study org-id.el and see what should be changed there to support
the new feature.

If you encounter any difficulties, feel free to ask here.

Also, before you invest too much time into this, please check if you can
do FSF copyright assignment (see
https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#copyright). As a GNU
project, we cannot accept large contributions without this paperwork.

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