Re: [IT] Broken support for links to text files (both internal & external)

[Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>]

Hello,

"Nicolas Bercher (Aʟᴏɴɢ-Tʀᴀᴄᴋ)" <nbercher@along-track.com> writes:

> The regression makes several some kinds of org-mode links not to work
> anymore.
>
> Examples:
>
> This should be a [[%5B2018-01-03%20mer.%2016:29%5D][valid link]] to
> log's headline but Org can't find it
> anymore and asks for the creation of a new headline:
>
>   "No match - create this as a new heading? (yes or no)"
>
> Also, the following links are broken:
>
>  - [[the following links are broken][link to internal text in this
> file]] (but equivalent to the
>    timestamped broken link reported above), reports:
>
>    "No match - create this as a new heading? (yes or no)"
>
>  - [[should point here][link to internal text from an external
> org-mode file]] (same issue
>    than above) which _should point here_, but reports
>
>    "No match for fuzzy expression: should point here"
>
> The following links still work well:
>  - link to a [[*headline][*headline]]
>  - link to a [[* headline][* headline with space]]
>  - external [[http://www.example.com/][links to the www]]
>
> * [2018-01-03 mer. 16:29] A time stamped log headline
> * headline

You probably have `org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline' set to
a non-nil value (default setting is non-nil).

Note that such links do not export correctly. For this use case, it's
better to use targets.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou