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Make fuzzy links practical
From: |
Rudolf Adamkovič |
Subject: |
Make fuzzy links practical |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Nov 2022 12:37:46 +0100 |
Hello everyone!
Given a fuzzy link [[word]], Org by default searches for a headline "*
word". If no such headline exists, Org asks the user if they wish to
create one. Then, the user can also set
`org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline'
to nil, in which case, Org will search the buffer for a case-folded
"word", such as "word" or "Word".
I find this *almost* practical because, in the Org world, we normally
write headlines in either sentence case or title case, with the first
word capitalized. But currently, if I have the text
> * Aneuploid
>
> An [[organism]] with a [[chromosomal abnormality]] regarding the
> number of [[chromosome]]s. Includes [[monosomic]] and [[trisomic]]
> individuals.
the target headlines must appear in lowercase, such as
* chromosomal abnormality
instead in the common form
* Chromosomal abnormality
Based on my research, it seems that Org has changed how fuzzy links
match headlines, case sensitively or insensitively, multiple times.
To make fuzzy links more practical, we have more options, including:
1. case-fold headlines by default, optimizing for the common use case
2. add `'case-fold' to `org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline'
3. obey `case-fold-search' option set by the user
What do you folks think?
Rudy
--
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-- Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1969
Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis@me.com> [he/him]
Studenohorská 25
84103 Bratislava
Slovakia
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