Re: [BUG][ODT] Subtree export fails when link references target on higher level

[Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com>]

Hi,

What I described already works out of the box, as long as a bookmark and
cross-reference are generated. In LibreOffice, you can then right-click
on the field of the cross-reference to display e.g. the target's chapter
heading number or page number instead of a textual description.

But on reflection, I think there's a strong case to change the default
ODT output of links with dedicated targets to page number
references. Under the new exporter, such <<targets>> are hidden in
output, i.e. they no longer contain text that will serve as a
description, and as shown by my example they may not always belong to a
heading. But in an ODT document they will always belong to a page, and
page number references would be a customary choice for printed media.

If that sounds reasonable I'll send a mini-patch later today.

Yours,
Christian



Nicolas Goaziou writes:

> Hello,
>
> Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com> writes:
>
>> In ODT, the link can be useful anyway, as the ODT output is a reference
>> field that can be automatically updated to a different format, e.g. to
>> refer to a page number instead of the (missing) headline text.
>
> I don't know ODT syntax, but if you provide that useful syntax in this
> case, I can add it to ox-odt.el.
>
>
> Regards,