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Re: [O] Should a human ever set the ID property? Should a human only eve
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Grant Rettke |
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Re: [O] Should a human ever set the ID property? Should a human only ever set the CUSTOM_ID property? |
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Sat, 20 Aug 2016 10:43:55 -0500 |
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 12:08 AM, Eric Abrahamsen
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> My understanding (and I may be grokking things *incorrectly* here) is
> that CUSTOM_ID is mostly useful when you expect to be to be typing the
> ID itself (ie when linking to a headline), or when it's otherwise
> important that the text of the ID be some precise string, and not a
> random string.
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> If all you want to do is ensure that all headlines have an ID, I would
> assume that the regular built-in functions would do the trick just fine.
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> Lots of assumptions there!
Thank you Eric. Agreed. For my use case, they are perfect. If I want
to change them, too, I can change them in the document itself.
CUSTOM_ID seems to be used more for links and capturing.