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@@ -3346,10 +3346,8 @@ internal structure of all links, use the menu entry
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If the link does not look like a URL, it is considered to be internal in the
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current file. The most important case is a link like
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@samp{[[#my-custom-id]]} which will link to the entry with the
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-@code{CUSTOM_ID} property @samp{my-custom-id}. Such custom IDs are very good
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-for HTML export (@pxref{HTML export}) where they produce pretty section
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-links. You are responsible yourself to make sure these custom IDs are unique
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-in a file.
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+@code{CUSTOM_ID} property @samp{my-custom-id}. You are responsible yourself
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+to make sure these custom IDs are unique in a file.
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Links such as @samp{[[My Target]]} or @samp{[[My Target][Find my target]]}
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lead to a text search in the current file.
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@@ -3357,27 +3355,48 @@ lead to a text search in the current file.
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The link can be followed with @kbd{C-c C-o} when the cursor is on the link,
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or with a mouse click (@pxref{Handling links}). Links to custom IDs will
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point to the corresponding headline. The preferred match for a text link is
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-a @i{dedicated target}: the same string in double angular brackets. Targets
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-may be located anywhere; sometimes it is convenient to put them into a
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-comment line. For example
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+a @i{dedicated target}: the same string in double angular brackets, like
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+@samp{<<My Target>>}.
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+
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+@cindex #+NAME
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+If no dedicated target exists, the link will then try to match the exact name
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+of an element within the buffer. Naming is done with the @code{#+NAME}
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+keyword, which has to be put the line before the element it refers to, as in
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+the following example
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@example
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-# <<My Target>>
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+#+NAME: My Target
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+| a | table |
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+|----+------------|
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+| of | four cells |
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@end example
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-@noindent In HTML export (@pxref{HTML export}), such targets will become
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-named anchors for direct access through @samp{http} links@footnote{Note that
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-text before the first headline is usually not exported, so the first such
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-target should be after the first headline, or in the line directly before the
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-first headline.}.
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-
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-If no dedicated target exists, Org will search for a headline that is exactly
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+If none of the above succeeds, Org will search for a headline that is exactly
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the link text but may also include a TODO keyword and tags@footnote{To insert
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-a link targeting a headline, in-buffer completion can be used. Just type a
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-star followed by a few optional letters into the buffer and press
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+a link targeting a headline, in-buffer completion can be used. Just type
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+a star followed by a few optional letters into the buffer and press
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@kbd{M-@key{TAB}}. All headlines in the current buffer will be offered as
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-completions.}. In non-Org files, the search will look for the words in the
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-link text. In the above example the search would be for @samp{my target}.
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+completions.}.
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+
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+During export, internal links will be used to mark objects and assign them
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+a number. Marked objects will then be referenced by links pointing to them.
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+In particular, links without a description will appear as the number assigned
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+to the marked object@footnote{When targetting a @code{#+NAME} keyword,
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+@code{#+CAPTION} keyword is mandatory in order to get proper numbering.}. In
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+the following excerpt from an Org buffer
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+
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+@example
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+- one item
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+- <<target>>another item
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+Here we refer to item [[target]].
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+@end example
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+
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+@noindent
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+The last sentence will appear as @samp{Here we refer to item 2} when
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+exported.
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+
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+In non-Org files, the search will look for the words in the link text. In
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+the above example the search would be for @samp{my target}.
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Following a link pushes a mark onto Org's own mark ring. You can
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return to the previous position with @kbd{C-c &}. Using this command
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