Question

Is there any way to automatically generate the name a target header when creating a link to that header?

For example, I have a page, named MyPage, that contains a heading, named "Target Link.' In another page, I need to create a wiki-word link to 'Target Link' and display the topic name as the link. It appears that the only way to do this is to create a forced link:

[[Mypage#Target_Link][Target Link]]

However, if I change the name of the 'Target Link' header, I have to update all of the links I've created to it.

So here's my question: Is there a way to create a static anchor to a header and thereafter automatically generate the name of the header in the links to that header? For example, it would be great to have a variable that does this, like:

[[Mypage#Target_Link][%AutoHeader%]]

So, if I change the name of the 'Target Link' header to 'My Head,' the anchor is still valid and all of the link names are updated to 'My Head.'

Environment

-- GordonFurbush - 05 Jan 2006

Answer

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This seems to be related to MakeAnchorVariable.

-- PankajPant - 05 Jan 2006

What about creating a named anchor manually so that you don't have to rely on the name that is automatically created by TML headlines.

#TargetLink

or

<a name="non-wikiword target link"></a>

-- MichaelDaum - 07 Mar 2006