From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Christopher M. Miles" Subject: Re: Rationale for org-directory (any?) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 20:48:46 +0800 Message-ID: <87ef849c5t.fsf@gmail.com> References: Reply-To: numbchild@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:51030) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gw4pP-0004b1-7D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2019 07:48:52 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gw4pO-00074s-9T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2019 07:48:51 -0500 Received: from [122.236.13.228] (port=40832 helo=dark.localdomain) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gw4pN-000748-PD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2019 07:48:50 -0500 In-reply-to: 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" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I use it for dynamic folder sync, I can use it different machine, just change the ~org-directory~ variable. I use this variable in many place to concatenate a whole path. Carlos Pita writes: > Hi all, > > I often wonder if the way org-directory is currently used has any > sense or is just a historical artifact. > > I mean, when I list my refile targets and agenda files I have to > specify full paths, which isn't very convenient. But if instead of a > list I provide a file listing the paths, then the items in this list > are taken to be relative to org-directory. Also, capture targets are > relative to this variable. The result is a mix of relative and > absolute paths in my init.el that makes me turn everything absolute in > order to keep it sane. > > Why does it work that way? Is it because some paths are resolved > relative to the current directory (unless they are configured as > absolute paths) while others don't? > > Thanks! -- [ stardiviner ] I try to make every word tell the meaning what I want to express. Blog: https://stardiviner.github.io/ IRC(freenode): stardiviner, Matrix: stardiviner GPG: F09F650D7D674819892591401B5DF1C95AE89AC3