Re: Links break when you archive; what are work arounds?

["Emin.shopper Martinian.shopper" <emin.shopper@gmail.com>]

Thanks, that sounds like a good idea. But how do you use ID links? I
see an option for descriptive links and literal links but not id
links. I have org-mode version 6.34c, is that too old?

Thanks,
-Emin

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> wrote:
> "Emin.shopper Martinian.shopper" <emin.shopper@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Dear Experts,
>>
>> I really like org-mode and am starting to use it more and more to
>> track my notes, todos, agenda, etc. One thing I am confused about is
>> that when I make a link to FOO and then archive FOO, the link no
>> longer works. I guess I was hoping that org-mode would be smart enough
>> to adjust links or look in the archive file but maybe that is too
>> complicated.
>>
>> Is there a suggested work-around to preserve links when you archive
>> something? Alternatively, maybe I'm not using archive properly. My
>> general mode of operation is to have a file with my master to do list
>> and another file for my daily plan (with a separate node for each
>> day). In each day's node, I link to the master to-do list. Then when I
>> finish a task in the master list, I archive it (which breaks the
>> link). I would appreciate pointers to better modes of operation.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Emin
>
> This works for me when I use id links.
>
> I created two tasks
>
> ,----[ todo.org ]
> | * Test task
> | * TODO Test target
> `----
>
> Then linked test task to test target by doing C-c l on '* Test target'
> and copying the link into the body of '* Test Task' with C-c C-l
>
> This gives me this
>
> ,----[ todo.org ]
> | * Test link
> |   [[id:c517f8d3-9cf3-4d86-b92d-b544874ef0af][Test target]]
> | * TODO Test target
> |   :PROPERTIES:
> |   :ID:       c517f8d3-9cf3-4d86-b92d-b544874ef0af
> |   :END:
> `----
>
> Then I archive the Test Target
>
> ,----[ todo.org_archive ]
> | * TODO Test target
> |   :PROPERTIES:
> |   :ID:       c517f8d3-9cf3-4d86-b92d-b544874ef0af
> |   :ARCHIVE_TIME: 2010-05-13 Thu 10:07
> |   :ARCHIVE_FILE: ~/git/org/todo.org
> |   :ARCHIVE_CATEGORY: todo
> |   :ARCHIVE_TODO: TODO
> |   :ARCHIVE_ITAGS: HOME
> |   :END:
> `----
>
> Now following the link from todo.org still works for me.
>
> HTH,
> Bernt
>