David Masterson <[email protected]> writes:

> Christian Moe <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> David Masterson <[email protected]> writes:
>>>> - Customize org-id-link-to-org-use-id to one of the non-nil values
>>>> - Use org-store-link (normally C-c l) and org-insert-link (C-c C-l)
>>>
>>> Ah ha!  One thing I don't see is the definition of UUID. Do you know?
>>
>> Only that you can customize 'org-id-method' to use UUID or something
>> else, and check 'org-id-uuid-program' for the generator. Default is
>> 'uuidgen', which defaults to '--random'.
>>
>> https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/uuidgen.1.html
>
> Ah ha!! This needs a footnote (or two) in the Org Manual (at least) to
> clue people into:
>
> 1. define UUID (I had an idea but others might not).
> 2. show the connection to uuidgen == Linux on Chromebook doesn't install
>    that by default, so 'man -k uuid' didn't show anything.
>
> I'll think about a patch.

Also see

- the release notes, especially the very old one for Org 6.15:
  https://orgmode.org/worg/org-release-notes.html#orgb70e98d

- the function definition of 'org-id-new' for what Org does if
  'org-id-method' is not set to 'uiidgen' or 'uuid'

Regards,
Christian

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