Re: permanent links using #fragment names

[Per Bothner]

On 1/9/22 09:47, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > For example, the Keys chapter in the Emacs manual would still be in the
> > file Keys.html, and you can still browse to "https://whatever/emacs/Keys.html";.
> > However, the "perma-link" would be "https://whatever/emacs#Keys";, and that
> > is what would show in the location bar.  Currently, 'Keys" is a section,
> > but the perma-link would remain "emacs#Keys" regardless of whether
> > it is changed to a chapter or subsection, or of the splitting mode.
> > Even if the section is renamed, "emacs#Keys" would work as long as
> > an @anchor with the old name is added.
>
> I'm not sure I understand what will happen with @anchor's.

The emacs manual contains @anchor{Outline Search} in text.texi.
This generates the URL "Outline-Visibility.html#Outline-Search".
This would still work, but so would "emacs#Outline-Search" and
the latter would be the preferred ("perma-link") URL.
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