From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sebastian Rose Subject: Re: Question about org-link-file-path-type Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:45:53 +0100 Message-ID: <491035F1.7020808@gmx.de> References: <87ej1s5r70.fsf@fastmail.fm> Reply-To: sebastian_rose@gmx.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxKM7-0007Le-Pk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:45:56 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxKM7-0007LM-4w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:45:55 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41164 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KxKM6-0007LG-VA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:45:55 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:58806) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KxKM6-00070c-Bw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:45:54 -0500 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Matthew, links are always relative, if the file in the same directory as the file. 'adaptive' means, use absolute path, if file is not in same directory or below. Maybe you need to set org-link-file-path-type to 'relative'? C-h v org-link-file-path-type ------------------------------------------------------------ org-link-file-path-type is a variable defined in `org.el'. Its value is adaptive Documentation: How the path name in file links should be stored. Valid values are: relative Relative to the current directory, i.e. the directory of the file into which the link is being inserted. absolute Absolute path, if possible with ~ for home directory. noabbrev Absolute path, no abbreviation of home directory. adaptive Use relative path for files in the current directory and sub- directories of it. For other files, use an absolute path. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Or complete the files path in the minibuffer this way: C-u C-c C-l ~/../../usr/local/share/info/org TAB completion works for those paths too. Regards, Sebastian Matthew Lundin wrote: > Matthew Lundin writes: > >> I am using org 6.10c. When I set org-link-file-path-type to absolute >> and use C-u C-c C-l (org-insert-link with argument), any file in my >> home directory above my org directory is given the shortcut ~ -- as in >> file:~/pdfs/paper.pdf. (This is the desired behavior.) >> >> But when org-link-file-path-type is set to adaptive (the default) >> and I use org-insert link, the files above my org-directory are >> given unabbreviated names. E.g.: file:/home/matt/pdfs/paper.pdf. >> >> Since I use org on two separate computers with different root >> directory structures but also rely on relative links for my website, I >> would like the adaptive option to create abbreviated links for the >> home directory (i.e., ~). Is this possible? >> >> I seem to remember the adaptive setting resulting in the abbreviated >> links in 6.06 (before I upgraded to 6.08 and then 6.10), but I may be >> wrong about that. > > My mistake. I checked and this was apparently not the behavior of > earlier versions of org-mode. > > So let me try to simplify my question: Is it possible to have an > adaptive link option that creates (a) relative links for files in the > same directory as my org files or in subdirectories and (b) > abbreviated absolute links (i.e., ~ for home) for files in other > directories within my home directory? In other words, the behavior of > the absolute link option as part of the adaptive link option. As far > as I can tell, when the adaptive link option is set, org-store-link > and org-insert-link produce unabbreviated links for files in the home > directory. > > Thanks (and sorry for the wordiness). > Matt > >> Thanks, >> >> Matt Lundin > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >