On Friday,  5 Jan 2018 at 17:15, Nicolas Bercher (Aʟᴏɴɢ-Tʀᴀᴄᴋ) wrote:
> On 05/01/2018 13:27, Eric S Fraga wrote:

[...]

>> Easy: describe the variable
>>
>>    C-h v org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline RET
>>
>> and then click on the "customize" link near the end of the
>> description.  Make sure to "Apply and set" the change you make.
>>
>
> I've done this but only changed the indentation of the
> custom-set-variables block and added nothing new.

Strange.

> What should I add *by hand* in ~/.emacs?

Try

  (setq org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline nil)
  
> I'm sorry, it is just a matter of very basic elisp syntax (but I never
> took the time to dig into elisp yet!).

No worries.  None of us is born known lisp...  However, no time like
the present to start learning. ;-)

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Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50, Org release_9.1.6