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| <span id="module-elements.link"></span><h1>link - Link elements<a class="headerlink" href="#link-link-elements" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1> |
| <p>This element is a link to another element, allowing one to create |
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| <p>The only configuration allowed in a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">link</span></code> element is the specified |
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| <div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">kind</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">link</span> |
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| <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">element.bst</span> |
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| can be used to symbolically link <a class="reference internal" href="junction.html#module-elements.junction" title="elements.junction"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">junction</span></code></a> elements |
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