Re: [Hyperbole-users] How to reset/reclaim KOTL permanent idstamp once header is deleted

[Robert Weiner]

I don’t see an automated way to provide what you want, i.e. a list of ascending 
whole numbers with any number of sequential numbers missing.  You need to make 
the page numbers you want to reference part of the cell’s text and then you can 
link to it using the cell’s idstamp if you like.  The Koutliner also supports 
adding properties with values to each cell, so if you wanted more structure to 
it, you could do it that way but I think that would be a lot more work.

Idstamps are permanent and so cannot be reclaimed.

-- Bob

> On Jun 17, 2019, at 7:09 PM, William Horne <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> I am finding koutliner very helpful for organizing reading notes. I'm 
> attempting to line up kotl's permanent idstamps with the book's page numbers 
> so that I can have organizes lists that don't need to begin at 1 or go 
> perfectly sequentially. (If I have no notes for page 2, for example, then I 
> can delete it and move right onto "03.") It works great until I (whether 
> accidentally or otherwise) delete a header I need to use and try to reclaim 
> it. Once deleted, it's gone, and there seems to be no way to get it back. 
> Here's an example: sometimes when I press "Control-j," the header idstamp is 
> wrongly appended at the currently line, like this: "01.  This is note one 02" 
> (no line break) If I delete it (which I need to do in order to trigger 
> creation of a new header), then press "Control-j" again, it jumps to the next 
> idstamp, here "03," and I can't seem to get "02" back.
> 
> Is there a way to get it back? Is there a way to reclaim a deleted idstamp? 
> If not, why must an idstamp remain associated with a deleted, unused header?
> 
> Any feedback or advice is appreciated.
> 
> I use:  Editor:      GNU Emacs 26.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ 
> Version 3.24.8)
> 
>    Hyperbole:   7.0.3
>    Sys Type:    x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>    OS Type:     gnu/linux
>    Window Sys:  x
>    News Reader: Gnus v5.13
> 
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