Disambiguate internal links?

Disambiguate internal links?

[Budiman Snowman]

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I have this document:

* topic1
See topic [[topic2]].
See glossary [[topic2]].

* topic2
* glossary
** topic1
** topic2

What are ways to disambiguate the internal links? The first link should
link to the topic2 first-level entry, while the second link should go to
the topic2 entry under glossary. They both have the same title. One way I
know is using a unique dedicated target, e.g.:

* topic1
See topic [[topic2]].
See glossary [[glossary topic2][topic2]].

* topic2
* glossary
** <<glossary topic1>> topic1
** <<glossary topic2>> topic2

What are other ways available?

Regards,
BS

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Re: Disambiguate internal links?

[Eric S Fraga]

On Wednesday,  3 Jun 2020 at 21:06, Budiman Snowman wrote:
> One way I know is using a unique dedicated target, e.g.:

That's what I do in practice as it's robust to changes in headings and
is visible so I can remember the names.

You may also wish to consider CUSTOM_ID properties?

-- 
: Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50, Org release_9.3.6-640-g9bc0cc

Re: Disambiguate internal links?

[Diego Zamboni]

I almost always use a CUSTOM_ID property for this, e.g.

* topic1
See topic [[#topic2][topic2]].
See glossary [[#glossary_topic2][topic2]].

* topic2
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: topic2
:END:

* glossary
** topic1
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: glossary_topic2
:END:
** topic2
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: glossary_topic2
:END:

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 4:06 PM Budiman Snowman <budimansnowman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have this document:
>
> * topic1
> See topic [[topic2]].
> See glossary [[topic2]].
>
> * topic2
> * glossary
> ** topic1
> ** topic2
>
> What are ways to disambiguate the internal links? The first link should link to the topic2 first-level entry, while the second link should go to the topic2 entry under glossary. They both have the same title. One way I know is using a unique dedicated target, e.g.:
>
> * topic1
> See topic [[topic2]].
> See glossary [[glossary topic2][topic2]].
>
> * topic2
> * glossary
> ** <<glossary topic1>> topic1
> ** <<glossary topic2>> topic2
>
> What are other ways available?
>
> Regards,
> BS

Re: Disambiguate internal links?

[Budiman Snowman]

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On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 9:21 PM Diego Zamboni <diego@zzamboni.org> wrote:

> I almost always use a CUSTOM_ID property for this, e.g.
>
> * topic1
> See topic [[#topic2][topic2]].
> See glossary [[#glossary_topic2][topic2]].
>
> * topic2
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CUSTOM_ID: topic2
> :END:
>
> * glossary
> ** topic1
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CUSTOM_ID: glossary_topic2
> :END:
> ** topic2
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CUSTOM_ID: glossary_topic2
> :END:
>
>
Are there advantages to using CUSTOM_ID instead of dedicated target? I'll
stick with dedicated target for now, because it's shorter to type.

Regards,
BS

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Re: Disambiguate internal links?

[Diego Zamboni]

I personally find CUSTOM_ID's easier since I can make them
unequivocally unique, and by using them the links don't break if I
change something in the headline title.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 5:26 PM Budiman Snowman <budimansnowman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 9:21 PM Diego Zamboni <diego@zzamboni.org> wrote:
>>
>> I almost always use a CUSTOM_ID property for this, e.g.
>>
>> * topic1
>> See topic [[#topic2][topic2]].
>> See glossary [[#glossary_topic2][topic2]].
>>
>> * topic2
>> :PROPERTIES:
>> :CUSTOM_ID: topic2
>> :END:
>>
>> * glossary
>> ** topic1
>> :PROPERTIES:
>> :CUSTOM_ID: glossary_topic2
>> :END:
>> ** topic2
>> :PROPERTIES:
>> :CUSTOM_ID: glossary_topic2
>> :END:
>>
>
> Are there advantages to using CUSTOM_ID instead of dedicated target? I'll stick with dedicated target for now, because it's shorter to type.
>
> Regards,
> BS
>

Re: Disambiguate internal links?

[Bastien]

Hi Budiman,

Budiman Snowman <budimansnowman@gmail.com> writes:

> One way I know is using a unique dedicated target, e.g.:
>
> * topic1
> See topic [[topic2]].
> See glossary [[glossary topic2][topic2]].
>
> * topic2
> * glossary
> ** <<glossary topic1>> topic1
> ** <<glossary topic2>> topic2
>
> What are other ways available?

I don't know other way, but I don't see what's wrong with this one?

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Disambiguate internal links?

[Budiman Snowman]

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On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 9:47 PM Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> wrote:

> Hi Budiman,
>
> Budiman Snowman <budimansnowman@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > One way I know is using a unique dedicated target, e.g.:
> >
> > * topic1
> > See topic [[topic2]].
> > See glossary [[glossary topic2][topic2]].
> >
> > * topic2
> > * glossary
> > ** <<glossary topic1>> topic1
> > ** <<glossary topic2>> topic2
> >
> > What are other ways available?
>
> I don't know other way, but I don't see what's wrong with this one?
>
>
Hi Bastien,

Sorry for replying too late (setup a filter on my Gmail account). Nothing
wrong actually, except it's a minor visual distraction. So far I've only
used a short unique tag like <<201009a>> (for today's date + letter) so
it's not a major distraction.

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