RE: [Bug] org-store-link should not insert a document level ID property

[Gustav Wikström]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Lundin <address@hidden>
> Sent: den 5 april 2020 00:13
> To: Org Mode List <address@hidden>
> Cc: Gustav Wikström <address@hidden>
> Subject: [Bug] org-store-link should not insert a document level ID property
> 
> The introduction of document-level property drawers (commit
> 1bdff9f73dc1e7ff625a90e3e61350bdea99f29c from May 2019) introduced
> inconsistencies in the behavior of org-id and org-store-link.
> 
> If org-id-link-to-org-use-id is set to t or 'create-if-interactive,
> calling org-store-link above the first headline in an org file will
> insert a PROPERTY drawer and an ID at top of the file, so that the file
> (call it "~/test.org") looks like this:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> :PROPERTIES:
> :ID:       1f43e860-9e7b-4c8f-82b9-6ed3352e589f
> :END:
> 
> * First headline
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> However, the link that Org actually stores is "[[file:~/test.org]]", so
> the ID is irrelevant.
> 
> In addition, a link to a document-level ID does not work. Following
> "[[id:1f43e860-9e7b-4c8f-82b9-6ed3352e589f]]" results in this error:
> 
> user-error: Before first headline at position 14 in buffer test.org
> 
> So either:
> 
> 1. org-id and org-store-link/org-open-link should support document level
>    ids in a user-configurable way, or
> 2. org-id-get-create should detect whether it is above the first heading
>    and should not create an id
> 
> Option #2 would obviously be the easier fix.
> 
> Gustav: were IDs within the scope of your initial thinking about
> document level properties? Or are these largely irrelevant?

Yes, they were in scope and ID should mean something also before first 
headline. I'll have a look to see what can be done. Thanks for finding this!

> 
> Best,
> Matt