[RFC][PATCH] Store links to named elements

[Jacob Gerlach <jacobgerlach@gmail.com>]

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In [1], storing links to named elements was discussed. AFAICT, no
patches came from that discussion. The current behavior is that given:

* Headline

#+Name: foo

org-store-link will store a link to `*Headline' rather than `foo'.

Attached is a very rough first attempt at patching org-store-link to
recognize and link to the name.

Is this approach worth fleshing out or are there problems associated
with this type of link? Using the above example, [[foo]] seems to be a
valid link, recognized by both export and org-open-at-point.

If doable, a couple of specific questions:
This attached patch makes no attempt to store the file name as
currently done for headlines. Would it be better to check for a name
in the headline linking code (the final "t" in the org-mode-p `cond'
in org-store-link) or rather reproduce file name code separately.

Does a context string make sense for links to element names?

Regards,
Jake

[1] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/91935

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From f1166d30ccabdb208b0263d87fd9366fa9a2f325 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Gerlach <jacobgerlach@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:58:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add support to link to named elements

* lisp/org.el (org-store-link): Store links to named elements.

Before falling back to the current headline, check if point is at a
named element, and if so store the element name as the link.

TINYCHANGE
---
 lisp/org.el | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index b1999dc..0a37a2f 100755
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -9838,6 +9838,11 @@ active region."
 			 (concat "file:"
 				 (abbreviate-file-name
 				  (buffer-file-name (buffer-base-buffer))))))))
+
+	  ((org-element-property :name (org-element-at-point))
+	   ;; At a named element, link to the name
+	   (setq cpltxt (org-element-property :name (org-element-at-point))))
+
 	  (t
 	   ;; Just link to current headline
 	   (setq cpltxt (concat "file:"
-- 
1.9.1