Re: Suggestion org-lint - Duplicate NAME

[Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>]

Hello,

Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de> writes:

> I have a long org document in which I copied around some analysis blocks
> to do the same analysis (and format of results) for different simulation
> parameter combinations.
>
> But sometimes I forget to change the #+NAME: properties.
>
> org-lint is a gret help in finding these, but as my names are long and
> cryptic, it is not easy to see where the duplicates are. An example:
>
> ,----
> |   2442 high  Duplicate NAME "fig_fitEachExamplesOptimMahat"
> |   2447 high  Duplicate NAME "fig:fitEachExamplesOptimMahat"
> |   2451 high  Duplicate NAME "fig_fitEachExamplesUAOptimMahat"
> |   2456 high  Duplicate NAME "fig:fitEachExamplesUAOptimMahat"
> |   2480 high  Duplicate NAME "fig_fitEachExamplesOptimMahat"
> |   2487 high  Duplicate NAME "fig:fitEachExamplesOptimMahat"
> |   2491 high  Duplicate NAME "fig_fitEachExamplesUAOptimMahat"
> |   2498 high  Duplicate NAME "fig:fitEachExamplesUAOptimMahat"
> `----
>
> was the output of the linting. Now it took me quite a few attempts
> (which were aborted by ignoring the problem) to see which ones are
> duplicates. It would be easier, if, in the case of duplicates, the
> entries could look as follow:
>
> ,----
> |   2442 high  Duplicate (2442, 2480) NAME "fig_fitEachExamplesOptimMahat"
> |   2447 high  Duplicate (2447, 2487) NAME "fig:fitEachExamplesOptimMahat"
> |   2451 high  Duplicate (2451, 2491) NAME "fig_fitEachExamplesUAOptimMahat"
> |   2456 high  Duplicate (2456, 2498) NAME "fig:fitEachExamplesUAOptimMahat"
> |   2480 high  Duplicate (2442, 2480) NAME "fig_fitEachExamplesOptimMahat"
> |   2487 high  Duplicate (2447, 2487) NAME "fig:fitEachExamplesOptimMahat"
> |   2491 high  Duplicate (2451, 2491) NAME "fig_fitEachExamplesUAOptimMahat"
> |   2498 high  Duplicate (2456, 2498) NAME "fig:fitEachExamplesUAOptimMahat"
> `----
>
> This would make it easier to find the duplicates, especially if they are
> not in adjacent messages.

It could potentially create very long, i.e., unreadable, warning
messages. Instead, you can now sort warning messages, which helps
putting together duplicate names.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou