to interoperate with Org Roam, need file... links

[holtzermann17]

The issue I ran into has to do with links in Org Roam vs Logseq using slightly different formats

On Org roam, links to files look like this would be like [[file:./grant_ideas.org][Grant Ideas]] and in Logseq, they would just be like [[Grant Ideas]]. Inside Org Roam, the link [[Grant Ideas]] is meaningful, but it means something different. There, it means link to a "target" like

* My ideas about grants <<Grant Ideas>>

(See https://orgmode.org/manual/Internal-Links.html for the details).

In order to link to a file inside Org Roam, we would need the [[file:./grant_ideas.org][Grant Ideas]]. I suppose one solution inside of Logseq would be to just ignore the [file:./grant_ideas.org] part of that link! But it's important to keep it around (like junk DNA...) for direct interoperability

[tiensonqin]

@holtzermann17 It's supported now, you can add :org-mode/insert-file-links? true to the file logseq/config.edn.
After that [[Grant Ideas]] will be converted to [[file:./grant_ideas.org][Grant Ideas]] when you hit Enter.

[tiensonqin]

I just record a gif,
https://www.loom.com/share/ab662e93400d449b91496108bf61794a

[holtzermann17]

Can confirm that this works for me now! Thanks @tiensonqin

[CeleritasCelery]

Going to point out for others that might come to this thread that setting is actually :org-mode/insert-file-link? not :org-mode/insert-file-links? (Notice the singular link without an s.)

[rberaldo]

org-roam version 2 now uses file IDs. Does this mean Logseq will be incompatible with this new version? Just learned about it and would like to try. Thanks!

[RyanGreenup]

org-roam version 2 now uses file IDs. Does this mean Logseq will be incompatible with this new version? Just learned about it and would like to try. Thanks!

It seems that LogSeq does support ID links [1] as does org-mode [2].

So it looks like using ID tags is actually the most compatible way to make links.

[rberaldo]

Thank you, @RyanGreenup. I can't recall when I last tested LogSeq against my current org-roam set of notes, but back then I couldn't follow any ID links. I'll give it a try again whenever I have some time!

[ashishbhateja]

If I creating links from logseq, it creates file links instead of ID links to pages. Though these work in org-roam v2, they break the backlink functionality ☹️

[rbenson]

Also setting this feature breaks the ability to ctrl+o on the link to visit the page

[idanov]

This functionality doesn't work properly with aliases. I've created an issue #9342, please upvote it if you are impacted by it.