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From: Viktor Rosenfeld <listuser36@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: org-refile returns 'invalid target location' when refiling to
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:44:04 +0100
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To: Jonathon Anderson <anderbubble@gmail.com>
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Hi Jonathon,

I have this in my .emacs file, maybe it helps.

  (setq org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes (quote confirm))

Cheers,
Viktor

Jonathon Anderson wrote:

> org-version 7.7
> 
> If I `C-c w` and attempt to refile a tree to the root of a file, the
> minibuffer displays "invalid target location" and org-mode fails to
> refile the tree.  This works as expected when refiling to a heading
> within the same file, or if I have org-refile-use-outline-path set to
> `file` rather than `full-file-path`.  (I have idential filenames in
> different paths, so I need to use full-file-path.)
> 
> I expect this to work because of the documentation for
> org-refile-use-outline-path.  Admittedly, this is under the heading of
> the `file` value, but I see no reason why it shouldn't be consistent
> across the two settings.
> 
> > In this case, you can also stop the completion after
> > the file name, to get entries inserted as top level in the file.
> 
> Do let me know if there's more useful information I can provide.
> 
> ~jonathon
> 
> Applicable `.emacs`:
> 
> (setq org-refile-targets
>       '(
>         (nil :todo . "PROJECT")
>         (nil :maxlevel . 1)
>         (org-files :maxlevel . 1)
>         ))
> (setq org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes t)
> (setq org-refile-use-outline-path 'full-file-path)
>