Hi Suvayu! I know about the normal links and the possibility to search with these. The thing is that I want to use an abbreviation (see sec. 4.6 in the manual) to not have to type the path for this particular link every time.
Instead of typing (1) [[file:/path/to/file.org::*<Heading_text>][Description]] I want to be able to add an abbreviation in the beginning of the file the link is in, with (2): #+LINK: foo file:/long/path/to/file/foo.org and then use this abbreviation later in the text with (3): [[foo][Description]] ,and also be able to use searches with this abbreviation. And it is this syntax that seems a bit cumbersome to use when adding headline-searching to it (requiring four ":") and does not work when trying to use regular search. Unless I'm doing something wrong. I also know that I could add the "::%s" to the link, giving (4): #+LINK: foo file:/long/path/to/file/foo.org::%s but this makes it unusable as a simple file link without search. I intend to use the link in multiple places inside my document both with and without searches, thus I'm still wondering about this syntax-issue and the non-headline search. Regards Gustav (PS. sorry for the double-mail Suvayu. ) 2011/10/31 suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> > Hello Gustav, > > 2011/10/31 Gustav Wikström <gustav.e...@gmail.com>: > > Hello! > > When defining a link-abbreviation to an org-file with a headline search I > > manage to get it to work with the following syntax: > > #+LINK: foo file:/long/path/to/file/foo.org > > AFAIK, this is not required. Support for linking to org headlines is > already built in. > > > [[foo::::*heading inside foo]] > > This should be something like this: > > > [[file:/path/to/file.org::*<Heading_text>][Description]] > > > I have to use four ":" to be able to search, instead of the three I would > > expect (expecting three since the first ":" is used to declare that I > want > > to enter a tag and the following two are used inside the tag). Is this > > intended behaviour? > > I am not sure what you are talking about here. Could you give an > example to illustrate? > > > Also, it only seems to work for headline-search. I cannot get the regular > > search to work. Can someone confirm this behaviour? > > For the regular search, something like this should be sufficient: > > [[file:/path/to/file.org::<search_phrase>][Description]] > > > /Gustav > > Hope this helps. > > PS: org-mode has amazing info documentation. Please check them out. All > of these are well covered there. For tutorials, you can check the > community site Worg. > > -- > Suvayu > > Open source is the future. It sets us free. >
