You don't need to type this manually. Use org-store-link (usually "C-c l") in a sub-tree to store the link (it uses the sub-tree's id - it will ever create an id if there isn't one already). Then use org-insert-link (usually "C-c C-l") to insert the link.
-- Darlan At Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:45:01 +0200, Karl Voit <devn...@karl-voit.at> wrote: > > * Memnon Anon <gegendosenflei...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Karl Voit <devn...@karl-voit.at> writes: > > > >> How can I refer to an ID in another Org-mode file (withing the same > >> folder)? > > [...] > >> I was searching in the Org-mode manual but could not find any > >> solution for my problem. Either this is not possible or I could not > >> find the (existing) solution yet. > > > > ,----[ (info "(org)Search options") ] > > `---- > > Sorry, I was not searching good enough. Shame on me :-( > > In this case, that method is exactly what I need: > > file:README.org::*foobar > > Since GitHub's interpretation of Org-mode files is not that > perfect I want to avoid drawers containing IDs at all.[1] > > The more I am using Org-mode the more I see its beauty :-) > > 1. https://github.com/novoid/Memacs > -- > Karl Voit > >