Re: insert automatically a reference to a section header and a link

[Uwe Brauer]

>>> "ESF" == Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Wednesday, 17 Nov 2021 at 14:58, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>> Right, but how do you do this automatically?

> John's given you an answer along the lines of what you wanted but I
> would suggest that sometimes we over-complicate things?

Hm not sure

> LaTeX needs help because it's a lot more verbose.  Org, however, has a
> very simple markup ("It's all text" ;-)) and just typing what you want
> is often quicker!  Instead of key bindings to remember, I know I can
> simply type

> RET * <<label>> heading RET

> and I'm done...

Well you should try auctex+reftex, it is just easier and (faster) if all
this is done automatically.

In auctex, you can also do this as you describe and I found that
terrible and was very relived to find out about reftex, that insert
labels automatically (and systematically)

> Likewise, typing the reference is simply typing [[label]].

> And both bits above benefit from electric-pair-mode...

> But I'm glad you found your solution in any case!

There is just a small problem with this approach.

When exported to latex 



** Hello 
   :PROPERTIES:
   :CUSTOM_ID: sec:wo
   :END:

Is exported as 


\subsection{Hello}
\label{sec:wo}


While

** That <<sec:That>>  

Is exported as 

\subsection{That \label{sec:That}}
\label{sec:org213d0b6}


The first one is much nicer and more in line with the logic of latex,
the second however is not bad (since it generates correct pdf files when
compiled)

I might think how to generalize John's approach.

Uwe

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