Re: Is there something people use instead of org-ctags? (was: [PATCH] `org-ctags-create-tags` creates empty TAGS file)

[Ihor Radchenko]

Martin Marshall <law@martinmarshall.com> writes:

> Other than a 4 year old Reddit post[2], there've been no bug reports or
> mailing list discussions about it in the fourteen years since the bug
> was introduced.  This gives me the impression that very few people are
> using the org-ctags package.

Yeah.

> That's surprising, because it seems like it could be very useful.  It
> allows for linking to "direct targets" from external files[3], which is
> similar to the "come-from" links that Howm implements.  It's a very
> low-effort, low-friction way to add links between different notes.
>
> Is there some other way to create this sort of simple external link in
> org-mode?  Is there some other package that provides a similar feature?

The most commonly used link type is id:. It is also file-independent and
can link to arbitrary headings with :ID: property.

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