Re: Publish to HTML and LaTeX/PDF with cross-file links?

[Jens Lechtenboerger <lechten@wi.uni-muenster.de>]

On 2022-06-16, at 09:55, Tim Cross wrote:

> Jens Lechtenboerger <lechten@wi.uni-muenster.de> writes:
>
>> [...]
>> More precisely: For HTML export, a link like
>> [[file:foo.org::#custom-id][elsewhere]] turns into a hyperlink to
>> “foo.html#custom-id”, which is what I want.
>>
>> However, for LaTeX/PDF export, the hyperlink points to the source
>> file “foo.org”, which in my case is a broken link.  I would like
>> that to be “foo.pdf” (or even something pointing at the proper
>> section in the PDF file).
>>
>> Is this (easily) possible?
>>
>
> I think what you need is an export filter function for links in latex
> exports. Have a look at the docstring for variable org-export-filter-link-functions. 
>
> As a very basic example, the following should work
> [...]

Thank you for the suggestion!

I am still undecided which way to go.  Maybe a refactoring of code
from ox-html (to be usable across backends) would be appropriate
here.

Best wishes
Jens