Re: stability of toc links

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Timothy <tecosaur@gmail.com> writes:

> Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
>
>> With the above in mind, I think there are two ways to "improve TOC links
>> stability":
>>
>> 1. Improve the system behind `org-export-get-reference', e.g., so it
>>    behaves better during plain export. But please keep in mind that
>>    current major properties must be preserved.
>>
>> 2. Use an hybrid system in HTML exporter, much like Texinfo's.
>>
>> Those two ways are orthogonal; both may solve the current issue
>> independently on the other. My gut feeling is the second way is easier
>> to achieve, at least on the short term.
>
> I'm not quite sure what you mean by a hybrid system,

As I explained, it is a system where the back-end generates its own
references, and relies on `org-export-get-reference' as a robust
fall-back system. Have a look at `org-texinfo--get-node' function to see
what I mean.

> but I think generating informative references based on header content
> is a nice improvement that also make links much more stable.

I don't think such a system would preserve properties offered by
`org-export-get-reference', for example in non-latin languages. Also,
header content is not stable enough: when you're linking to the custom
ID, you may be able to change the title and yet preserve the link.

However, your proposal may be an improvement over
`org-export-get-reference' in the context of "ox-html.el", that I don't
know. That's the second way I wrote about.

Regards,
-- 
Nicolas Goaziou