there is nothing like that that I know of. You can write your own, in org (following Eric's use of radio targets) it might look like this. (defun my-heading () (interactive) (let* ((title (string-trim (read-string "title: "))) (tokens (split-string title " " t)) (label (format "<>" (string-join (seq-take tokens (min 3 (length tokens))) "-")))) (insert (format "%s %s" label title)))) you could also insert the leading * if you prefer. John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin (he/him/his) Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 8:59 AM Uwe Brauer wrote: > > >>> "ESF" == Eric S Fraga writes: > > > On Wednesday, 17 Nov 2021 at 08:36, Uwe Brauer wrote: > >> In auctex+reftex it is possible that when I insert a new section header > >> a reference label is inserted automatically: > > > I do the following usually: > > > * <> Introduction > > Right, but how do you do this automatically? > > Maybe I did not explain this clearly enough: in auctex+reftex, when I > fire up the command LaTeX-section, I am > > 1. Asked for the title > > 2. And then the title *and* a label is inserted automatically. (I > can configure what is inserted to a certain extend). Usually I > obtain \section{Alternativa de Fredholm} > \label{sec:altern-de-fredh} > > > I am looking for a similar functionality in org mode > > > In section [[introduction]], I show something. > > > I prefer visible labels instead of custom IDs although the latter works > > as well but you need to say [[id:introduction]]. > > > HTH, > > eric > > >