[Hyperbole-users] How to reset/reclaim KOTL permanent idstamp once header is deleted

[William Horne]

I am finding koutliner very helpful for organizing reading notes. I'm 
attempting to line up kotl's permanent idstamps with the book's page numbers so 
that I can have organizes lists that don't need to begin at 1 or go perfectly 
sequentially. (If I have no notes for page 2, for example, then I can delete it 
and move right onto "03.") It works great until I (whether accidentally or 
otherwise) delete a header I need to use and try to reclaim it. Once deleted, 
it's gone, and there seems to be no way to get it back. Here's an example: 
sometimes when I press "Control-j," the header idstamp is wrongly appended at 
the currently line, like this: "01.  This is note one 02" (no line break) If I 
delete it (which I need to do in order to trigger creation of a new header), 
then press "Control-j" again, it jumps to the next idstamp, here "03," and I 
can't seem to get "02" back.

Is there a way to get it back? Is there a way to reclaim a deleted idstamp? If 
not, why must an idstamp remain associated with a deleted, unused header?

Any feedback or advice is appreciated.

I use:  Editor:      GNU Emacs 26.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 
3.24.8)

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