Re: question about org-link gnus message and gnus registry

[Eric Abrahamsen]

physiculus <physiculus@gmail.com> writes:

> hello,
> i'm just struggeling about the consistency of an org-link to a gnus message
> after moving this message into another folder on same server or a
> different one.
>
> scenario:
> i create a org link with org and insert the link into an org file.
> works.
>
> now i move the message inside gnus to another folder.
>
> open the link inside the org file is not valid anymore.
>
> i thought, that the registry is responsible for saving the position of
> any message. therefore it saves the message-id and use this to locate
> the message.
>
> and i thought, that org-link "knows" this message-id, though the link to
> the message is valid without the position of the folder or better the
> position of the message inside the folder.
> like a database index.
> but now i'm quite sure, that my thoughts were completely wrong??
> or is it possible to locate a message through org-link?

To your original question! Yes, theoretically `org-gnus-follow-link'
could try to locate the message the regular way, and if that doesn't
work, could check `gnus-registry-enabled' and then try
`gnus-registry-get-id-key' to get the new group.

Someone would have to write that code, though!

Eric