IMO it's often useful to have stable links to sections of a document, even if the header text is changed (e.g. typo fixed or rephrased for improved clarity). So it would be great if this was possible.
I was thinking about maybe using the class attribute in the anchor to mark it as "user defined". When such an anchor is discovered, the name and id attributes should be parsed from it and used in the TOC, and the anchor should either be left in place unchanged or re-generated using the same class, name and id attributes.
Anchors not marked as "user defined" as well as missing anchors should be treated like they are currently, i.e. updated or inserted. Also the TOC text should be updated to match changed headers.
IMO it's often useful to have stable links to sections of a document, even if the header text is changed (e.g. typo fixed or rephrased for improved clarity). So it would be great if this was possible.
I was thinking about maybe using the
classattribute in the anchor to mark it as "user defined". When such an anchor is discovered, thenameandidattributes should be parsed from it and used in the TOC, and the anchor should either be left in place unchanged or re-generated using the sameclass,nameandidattributes.Anchors not marked as "user defined" as well as missing anchors should be treated like they are currently, i.e. updated or inserted. Also the TOC text should be updated to match changed headers.