org-ref inserting invalid link to #+NAME

[floli]

Hello,

Sorry for this all too frequent support requests...

I have this org document

#+NAME: fig:GaussianExample
#+CAPTION: Gaussian Basis functions with vertex distances marked at $n \cdot \frac{1}{6}$.
#+RESULTS:
[[file:rbf-gaussian-4.pdf]]

Normal link [[fig:GaussianExample]].

Link inserted using org-ref command: ref:fig:GaussianExample

org-ref recognized the NAME and offered it to me when I inserted a ref link. However, it the document converts to

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=.9\linewidth]{rbf-gaussian-4.pdf}
\caption{\label{fig:orgparagraph1}
Gaussian Basis functions with vertex distances marked at \(n \cdot \frac{1}{6}\).}
\end{figure}

Normal link \ref{fig:orgparagraph1}.

Link inserted using org-ref comamnd: \ref{fig:GaussianExample}
\end{document}

org-ref refers the the link name, not a internal name org mode uses. Do I need to set (setq org-latex-prefer-user-labels t)?

Thanks!

[jkitchin]

(setq org-latex-prefer-user-labels t) does seem to be what you need.

[floli]

Alright, I'm a bit surprised that it isn't mentioned in the documentation. Refering an image/table that have been labeled with #+NAME seem to be a pretty standard use case.

[jkitchin]

Seems like it, but I always use labels ;) I updated the ref link section of the documentation to note this. Thanks for alerting me to it, and providing the solution!

[floli]

Alright then!