could the duplicate issue, at least, be fixed by adding the feature of
allowing id links?
On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> wrote:
>
> Louis Vigneras <louis.vigne...@dgfip.finances.gouv.fr> writes:
>
> > Following yantar92’s suggestion on the matrix channel, I am reporting
> > here what appears to be a bug.
> >
> > I have an index.org file with the following:
> > #+include: chapter-1.org
> > #+include: chapter-2.org
> >
> > In chapter-1.org I have the following:
> > * Heading
> > [[file:chapter-2.org::*Heading 1][Link to heading 1]]
> >
> > In chapter-2.org I have the following:
> > * Heading 1
> >
> > Text
> >
> > When exporting to both PDF and HTML, links are rendered as follows:
> >
> > ```latex
> > \href{chapter-2.org}{Link to heading 1}
> > ...
>
> I checked the sources, and it is not a bug. Rather a missing feature.
>
> > I believe the expected behavior should output links referring to
> > headings of the output document. It should not refer to the org file for
> > the PDF output, nor the chapter-2.html file for the HTML output as it
> > only produces an index.html file.
>
> I agree that it would be expected.
> On the other hand, it would not be trivial to implement.
> Consider, for example,
> #+include: chapter-1.org
> #+include: chapter-2.org :lines 2-20
>
> What should we do in such situation?
>
> In addition, there could be duplicates in heading names and a link that
> would otherwise be unique as <file:chapter-2.org::*Heading 1> may no
> longer be, after we include multiple files, if another included file
> also contains * Heading 1.
>
> Note also that the reference is not broken - the reference should still
> be valid.
>
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