Jacob Gerlach <jacobgerl...@gmail.com> writes:
> At least in the case of org-id, I can imagine that the description
> might only be used to control appearance in the org buffer, not to
> express desired export behavior.
> A link that uses org-id really begs for a description for readability,
> but then you can't get \ref{label} on export. Perhaps this is a corner
> case that doesn't justify another customization.
You may use custom-id links for better readability. Another option is to
use a filter on links (e.g., turn "hyperref" into "ref" for all links
whose _description_ start with "id:").
In any case, it doesn't justify another customization, which would break
consistency for id links.
Regards,
