Re: [FR] A more general case than footnotes

[Maske <maske1foro@gmail.com>]

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Hi, Ihor

I overlooked the aspect of exporting.

I propose links to arbitrary points in different files.

Furthermore, I think it would be a very nice new feature, probably more 
opinions than mine should be heard.

Thanks

On 08/10/2023 11:18, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> Maske<maske1foro@gmail.com>  writes:
>
>>>> *[n:102@978-84-362-7195-9]* The hash character is important in orgmode.
>>> May you explain the purpose of @978-84-... part?
>>> You seem to assume that a footnote always has a single reference,
>>> which may or may not be the case in practice.
>> If there would be more than one reference, a behavior like that of footnotes would be appropriate?
> If this was a question to me, I do not fully understand it.
>
>> The purpose of the @978-84-... part:
>> @978-84-362-7195-9 would work like the ID for internal links: [[id:978-84-362-7195-9]]. That would allow jumping to the correct heading from any file.
>> I am not a programmer, so the syntax I am sure could be more solid.  Example:
>>
>>
>> ** Reference in file A
>> :PROPERTIES:
>> :ID:       978-84-362-7195-9
>> :END:
>> ...
>> A “comment line” starts with a hash character (#) [n:102@978-84-362-7195-9] and either a whitespace character or the immediate end of the line.
>> ...
>>
>>
>> ** Notes in file B
>> [[id:978-84-362-7195-9]]: Link to heading in file A
>>
>> [n:102@978-84-362-7195-9]: Link to an exact point in file A. Where the point is defined by the LABEL 102, and the file can be find thanks to the ID 978-84-362-7195-9
> I am a bit confused.
> Do you propose footnotes to have definition in different file? Or do you
> want a link to arbitrary point in different file?
>
> For footnotes, we will need to arrange export to search the definition
> and include it into the exported file, while links have different set of
> requirements.


I propose

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