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Re: Why are (UU)IDs limited to the headline level?
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Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide |
Subject: |
Re: Why are (UU)IDs limited to the headline level? |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 01:14:26 +0100 |
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mu4e 1.4.13; emacs 27.1 |
arozbiz@gmail.com writes:
> I'm just getting into Emacs/Org-Mode. It's clearly an amazing system and
> the linking via UUID is very useful. My question is: why is linking by UUID
> (and, more generally, the creation of properties drawers) limited to
> headlines, and not to sub-elements like list elements or paragraphs?
> Doesn't all the necessary structural information exist to assign UUIDs to
> everything?
>
> The reason I'm asking is that getting into Org-Roam, the linking for which
> relies on Org UUIDs for headlines. If UUIDs were available for all elements
> of an Org file, that will allow for more granular linking behavior.
You can use <<some-anchor-name>> to make it possible to link to any
place in a document.
Best wishes,
Arne
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