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From: Anthony Lander <anthonylander@yahoo.com>
To: Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Looking for help linking to an org document on mac os x
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:07:31 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <57AF793B-96E9-4C9E-BC23-C66F9E65CD32@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinS+bau916F5PAU6nsbLRp9dUFzhBjNkq2rnY+Q@mail.gmail.com>


On 11-Jan-12, at 10:49 AM, Jeff Horn wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Anthony Lander
> <anthonylander@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'd like to be able to link to an org document from other  
>> applications, and
>> especially to a particular line or search term in a document. The  
>> idea is
>> that I could, for example, put a link into an iCal entry, and when  
>> I click
>> it, emacs would show the file and move the point to the correct  
>> location.
>>
>> Basically, I'm trying to make something like a URL, but for org,  
>> that the OS
>> would dispatch correctly. Something like
>> org://path/to/some/file:*search-term.
>>
>> I've poked around quite a bit, but I can't figure out an easy way  
>> to do
>> this. Does anyone have a suggestion?
>
> Hi, Anthony. Try this:
>
> 1) Right click on an org file in Finder.
> 2) Select "Get Info"
> 3) Change the default "Open with" application to Aquamacs (or Cocoa
> Emacs, whatever you use)
> 4) Click the "Change All" button. Confirm.
> 5) When you want to add a link, use the following syntax.
>
>    file://localhost/path/to/some/file.org
>

Thanks Jeff. That works really well! Any suggestions on how to  
incorporate a bit of logic (probably in emacs) to do an org headline  
search? I'm guessing it means making a new file type, and then doing  
some processing on the passed in url.

   -Anthony

> HTH,
> Jeff
>
>
> -- 
> Jeffrey Horn
> http://www.failuretorefrain.com/jeff/
>

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2011-01-12 17:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-12 15:05 Looking for help linking to an org document on mac os x Anthony Lander
2011-01-12 15:49 ` Jeff Horn
2011-01-12 17:07   ` Anthony Lander [this message]
2011-01-12 18:53     ` Jeff Horn

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