Is it possible to have a link to a specific heading (e.g. identified by a CUSTOM_ID property) of an external org file?
The only relevant example in the external links section of the manual seems to be to an org-file as whole (and not to a heading of it).
asked Oct 19 '15 at 11:19
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2You read about and link to 'external links'. There are other types: orgmode.org/guide/Targeted-links.html#Targeted-links – mankoff Oct 19 '15 at 12:37
- Go to the place you want your link to point.
M-x org-store-link- Go to the buffer where you want to have the link.
M-x org-insert-link
Is it possible to have a link to a specific heading...
Yes. The syntax is:
file+emacs:full/path/to/file.org::#UniqueCustom_ID
where file+emacs ensures emacs opens it another buffer, and the full path to org file gives the filename and org extension. #UniqueCustom_ID comes after the :: to identify the specific heading.
You can look at
info:org#External Links
for other variations and keyboard shortcuts.
