Re: [O] Creating a link to a file using ID

2015-04-24 Thread Rainer M Krug


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 Le 24 avr. 2015 à 00:10, Yuri Niyazov yuri.niya...@gmail.com a écrit :
 
 I would like to link to a whole file (rather than a heading in that
 file), but instead of using the path+name, I would like to use an id,
 so that it survives renames.

I do not think this is easily possible, as I assume you are referring to a 
renaming of the external file which is done outside emacs. 

Nevertheless, there are ways of achieving this, which depend on the OS you are 
using. For Linux (and OSX) you could create a hardlink to your file. This 
hardlink always links to the file, irrespective if you rename your original 
file. You could then use the hardlink in your org file. 

Other option: use a custom function to identify the file based on the ID by 
using e.g. grep on a the directory where you expect the file to be. 

But I don' think this can easily be done. 

Hope this helps,

Rainer

 Is it possible to assign an ID to the
 whole buffer? I tried doing
 #+CUSTOM_ID:   A948A2E7-F4A0-4F77-8D7A-C6273DA7D734
 and
 #+ID:   A948A2E7-F4A0-4F77-8D7A-C6273DA7D734
 
 but a link to such an ID results in an error when clicked. I am going
 to link to a heading in the file instead for now, but it would be nice
 to know if this is possible. Thanks!
 



[O] Creating a link to a file using ID

2015-04-23 Thread Yuri Niyazov
I would like to link to a whole file (rather than a heading in that
file), but instead of using the path+name, I would like to use an id,
so that it survives renames. Is it possible to assign an ID to the
whole buffer? I tried doing
#+CUSTOM_ID:   A948A2E7-F4A0-4F77-8D7A-C6273DA7D734
and
#+ID:   A948A2E7-F4A0-4F77-8D7A-C6273DA7D734

but a link to such an ID results in an error when clicked. I am going
to link to a heading in the file instead for now, but it would be nice
to know if this is possible. Thanks!