How move links to headers

[quijote-asim]

The subject of links is giving me a lot of trouble.

In a disorganized environment like mine, with many small notes, moving things around is usual and that is not a problem of the system, but of my bad habits and limited knowledge.

The reality is that I am now struggling to simplify my notes and group them to be more efficient.

The two ways are to create index notes or move the content of notes or headers to new, more general notes.

In this second case, links to headers are lost, as the unique id of the note

I am interested to know if any of you have faced this.

[protesilaos]

In this second case, links to headers are lost, as the unique id of the note

Yes, I see how this is a problem. What we support right now is a combination of the file's identifier with the further qualifier of the heading's identifier. Though those links only make sense in a fairly stable environemt.

In principle, we could make heading links be handled as query links, which will cover your workflow better. But then this has the disadvantage of always popping up a search buffer. For headings with a CUSTOM_ID, this is not the optimal user experience, as that should always be unique, so search results for one match make no sense. But it would be good for heading links that do not involve the CUSTOM_ID, as discussed in the Denote manual.

I am interested to know if any of you have faced this.

To me, when things are in flux, they should not have links to them just yet. This is because the state of flux shows that I do not yet know what I am working towards and thus cannot tell whether the results will be reliable long-term.

[quijote-asim]

To me, when things are in flux, they should not have links to them just yet. This is because the state of flux shows that I do not yet know what I am working towards and thus cannot tell whether the results will be reliable long-term.

This is a very interesting idea and opens up a line of work that may be useful.

The idea would be to convert my current denote folder into a query silo, and create a new folder in which I start with a few larger files to help me structure the information, and gradually destroy the disorganized notes by incorporating their contents into the new structure.

The truth is that the search power of the system makes the links less critical than in a Zettelkasten, which was designed for use with paper notes.

[protesilaos]

The truth is that the search power of the system makes the links less critical than in a Zettelkasten, which was designed for use with paper notes.

I think the key is to stick to a certain workflow. We already provide the tools for searching and for linking. It is jsut a matter of how you approach it.

As I wrote before, for me linking should happen only towards notes that are done. If something is a work-in-progress, then it is not yet ready to be used as reference material or, generally, be relied upon.