Is it possible to use org mode tags :LIKE_THIS: inline in the heading text, the way #twitter_style tags are used elsewhere?
If I add any text after a :tag:, it stops being highlighted as a tag, and C-cC-q stops to recognize it, too.
On the other hand, I would like to avoid duplicating text in a header, like below:
*** TODO Make foo use bar :foo:bar:
org-mode does not support placing inline tags within the heading, except those that appear at the very end of the heading.
I suggest opening up an org-mode buffer and familiarizing oneself with the variable org-complex-heading-regexp to get a feel for how it is that org-mode knows what to do with a heading, and see that tags need to be in a special location with a special format. That regex gets set up when the buffer loads taking into consideration things like org-todo-keywords. Search utilities that generate the *Org Agenda* buffer rely upon specific locations of tags. People sometimes opt to put something similar to tags in the property drawers since org-tags-view can also search that location. [fn1]
[fn1] See the "Property Searches" advanced searching section of the org-mode tutorial section http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/advanced-searching.html
#tags, with limited success: github.com/incandescentman/org-inline-tags
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Jul 22, 2023 at 19:48
org-modebuffer and familiarize yourself with the variableorg-complex-heading-regexpto get a feel for how it is thatorg-modeknows what to do with a heading, and you'll see that tags need to be in a special location with a special format. The regex gets set up when the buffer loads taking into consideration things likeorg-todo-keywords. Search utilities that generate the*Org Agenda*buffer rely upon specific locations of tags. People sometimes opt to put something similar to tags in the property drawers sinceorg-tags-viewcan also search that location.:tag:or perhaps something different (e.g.,#tagor@tag) to distinguish the behavior (and programmatic utilization) of inline tags from standard:tags:.