Carsten Dominik <domi...@uva.nl> writes: > Dear all, > > before continuing this discussion, and before reinventing, you might > want to take a look at how org-id.el currently does create unique IDs. > In particular, take a look at these variables: > > org-id-prefix > org-id-method > org-id-include-domain > > In particular, the docstring of the variable org-id-method is > > "The method that should be used to create new IDs. > > An ID will consist of the optional prefix specified in > `org-id-prefix', > and a unique part created by the method this variable specifies. > > Allowed values are: > > org Org's own internal method, using an encoding of the current > time to > microsecond accuracy, and optionally the current domain of > the > computer. See the variable `org-id-include-domain'. > > uuid Create random (version 4) UUIDs. If the program defined in > `org-id-uuid-program' is available it is used to create the > ID. > Otherwise an internal functions is used." > > Hope this helps.
Right, and we're not trying to reinvent any wheels, just get a user-readable string in there while still retaining uniqueness. Ie, it would probably be enough if org-id-prefix could be set to 'entry, and org then generated a prefix by munging the entry text: * My Great Header :PROPERITIES: :ID: my-great-header-44d1-b804-d11657131237 :END:
