From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Feature Request: Per-file attachment directories Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:15:24 -0400 Message-ID: <4714.1348521324@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> References: <87ipb3qxj0.wl%ded-law@ddoherty.net> <4445.1348520548@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58208) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGG00-0004rm-Du for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:15:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGFzy-0006ro-GJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:15:28 -0400 Received: from g1t0027.austin.hp.com ([15.216.28.34]:26370) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGFzy-0006qd-9b for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:15:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from Nick Dokos of "Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:02:28 EDT." <4445.1348520548@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Daniel E. Doherty" Cc: Org-mode List Nick Dokos wrote: > Daniel E. Doherty wrote: > > > > > Org Mode-erists: > > > > I like the attachment facility of Org for organizing external files > > related to a project, but it seems to lack an obvious feature. > > > > I use a separate org file for each major project, which in my case are > > law suits. I would like to have a custom attachment directory specified > > at the top of the file for all attachments related to the project, have > > it inherited by all headings, and be able to specify a custom directory > > for a heading relative to that file-wide attachment directory. > > > > I have tried this: > > > > #+PROPERTY: :ATTACH_DIR_INHERIT: t > > #+PROPERTY: :ATTACH_DIR: ~/cases/Client Name/Case Name/ One more thing: I have no idea if spaces in the pathname are going to be a problem. A cursory test indicates that it's probably OK: (org-entry-get nil "ATTACH-DIR") returns the whole pathname, spaces and everything. But if things break, that's one thing that you might want to change before giving up. Nick > > > > but it does not work. When I C-c C-a f to open up the attachment > > directory on a headline, it gives me an ID-based directory in the data > > directory instead of the file-wide default. > > > > Try losing the colons around the property names - the following seems to work > OK (modulo the possible problem of filenames starting with . - I had to rename > .emacs -> dot.emacs for it to work): > > ,---- > | #+PROPERTY: ATTACH_DIR ./attachments > | > | > | * bar :ATTACH: > | :PROPERTIES: > | :Attachments: dot.emacs > | :END: > | > | Make an attachment. > `---- > > Nick > > > > Also, when I C-c C-a s to set a custom attachment directory, it defaults > > to my org directory. > > > > Using the data directory would be fine if I only wanted to access files > > through Org Mode (and perhaps I should), but I occassionaly have to open > > a file from outside emacs (say, a spreadsheet from excel on a Windows > > machine) and finding the file in the ID-based heirarchy is tough. > > > > How hard would this be to implement? With this, I can thing of my > > org-mode file as a kind of annotated dired for a project. > > > > Regards, > > -- > > ==================================================== > > Daniel E. Doherty > > ded-law@ddoherty.net > > >