From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Lander Subject: Re: Looking for help linking to an org document on mac os x Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:07:31 -0500 Message-ID: <57AF793B-96E9-4C9E-BC23-C66F9E65CD32@yahoo.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51477 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pd4B7-0004XS-It for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:08:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pd4AX-0000Ai-Of for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:07:35 -0500 Received: from smtp108.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com ([76.13.13.47]:41409) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pd4AX-0000AV-IN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:07:33 -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 To: Jeff Horn Cc: emacs-orgmode Mode On 11-Jan-12, at 10:49 AM, Jeff Horn wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Anthony Lander > 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/ >