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@@ -2984,29 +2984,29 @@ Literal links.
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#+cindex: internal links
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#+cindex: links, internal
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-#+cindex: targets, for links
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-#+cindex: @samp{CUSTOM_ID}, property
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-If the link does not look like a URL, it is considered to be internal
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-in the current file. The most important case is a link like
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-=[[#my-custom-id]]= which links to the entry with the =CUSTOM_ID= property
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-=my-custom-id=. You are responsible yourself to make sure these
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-custom IDs are unique in a file.
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+A link that does not look like a URL---i.e., does not start with
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+a known scheme or a file name---, refers to the current document. You
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+can follow it with {{{kbd(C-c C-o)}}} when point is on the link, or
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+with a mouse click (see [[*Handling Links]]).
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-Links such as =[[My Target]]= or =[[My Target][Find my target]]= lead to a text search in
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-the current file.
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+#+cindex: @samp{CUSTOM_ID}, property
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+Org provides several refinements to internal navigation within
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+a document. Most notably, a construct like =[[#my-custom-id]]=
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+specifically targets the entry with the =CUSTOM_ID= property set to
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+=my-custom-id=. Also, an internal link looking like =[[*Some
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+section]]= points to a headline with the name =Some section=[fn:25].
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-The link can be followed with {{{kbd(C-c C-o)}}} when point is on
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-the link, or with a mouse click (see [[*Handling Links]]). Links to
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-custom IDs point to the corresponding headline. The preferred match
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-for a text link is a /dedicated target/: the same string in double
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-angular brackets, like =<<My Target>>=.
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+#+cindex: targets, for links
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+When the link does not belong to any of the cases above, Org looks for
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+a /dedicated target/: the same string in double angular brackets, like
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+=<<My Target>>=.
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#+cindex: @samp{NAME}, keyword
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If no dedicated target exists, the link tries to match the exact name
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-of an element within the buffer. Naming is done with the =NAME=
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-keyword, which has to be put in the line before the element it refers
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-to, as in the following example
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+of an element within the buffer. Naming is done, unsurprisingly, with
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+the =NAME= keyword, which has to be put in the line before the element
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+it refers to, as in the following example
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#+begin_example
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,#+NAME: My Target
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@@ -3015,9 +3015,15 @@ to, as in the following example
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| of | four cells |
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#+end_example
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-If none of the above succeeds, Org searches for a headline that is
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-exactly the link text but may also include a TODO keyword and
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-tags[fn:25].
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+#+vindex: org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline
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+Ultimately, if none of the above succeeds, Org searches for a headline
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+that is exactly the link text but may also include a TODO keyword and
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+tags, or initiates a plain text search, according to the value of
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+~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~.
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+
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+Note that you must make sure custom IDs, dedicated targets, and names
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+are unique throughout the document. Org provides a linter to assist
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+you in the process, if needed. See [[*Org Syntax]].
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During export, internal links are used to mark objects and assign them
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a number. Marked objects are then referenced by links pointing to
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@@ -3176,7 +3182,7 @@ options:
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| | =/ssh:me@some.where:papers/last.pdf= (same as above) |
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| | =file:sometextfile::NNN= (jump to line number) |
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| | =file:projects.org= |
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-| | =file:projects.org::some words= (text search) [fn:27] |
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+| | =file:projects.org::some words= (text search)[fn:27] |
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| | =file:projects.org::*task title= (headline search) |
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| | =file:projects.org::#custom-id= (headline search) |
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| attachment | =attachment:projects.org= |
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