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Subject: Re: [bug] org 9 hangs on link search
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 16:20:04 +0100
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To: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
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Hello,

Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> writes:

> file links don't hang now, thanks.
>
> however, if the header to be searched consists of only a link, it
> fails to find the link.  perhaps it needs regexp-quote.
>
>   ***** [[file:/home/a/b.org::*add%20another%20link%20bug][add another
> link bug]]

I'm not sure to understand. Is the example above self-contained, i.e.,
is the link supposed to match the same headline?

If so, it cannot work since you are not looking for the exact title. You
may want to use a custom-id.

Regards,

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Nicolas Goaziou