From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
To: Nathan Neff <nathan.neff@gmail.com>,
emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Links in Org-mode : Clunky
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 08:34:00 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pnlt3chz.fsf@yantar92-laptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC=HedC+Nqpi1yGEp0EA5CuFMFf=EbmJNMh-T-kNG+1+aFfW2w@mail.gmail.com>
Dear Nathan,
> Has anyone coded such a plugin or am I missing some cool Helm-fu?
Not exactly the same, but see the code below. Note that the code does
not support creating CUSTOM_ID. Instead, it silently creates an ID if it
does not exist (see (org-id-get ... 'create)).
The helm completion will work if it is enabled globally.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defvar org-id-history nil
"ID completion history for id: link type.")
(defvar org-id-cache nil
"ID completion cache for id: link type.")
(defun org-id-prompt-id ()
"Prompt for the id during completion of att-id: link."
(let ((org-refile-history org-id-history)
(org-refile-cache org-id-cache)
(org-refile-target-verify-function nil))
(let ((prompt-ans (org-refile-get-location "Select org entry")))
(prog1
(or (org-id-get (seq-find #'markerp
prompt-ans)
'create)
(user-error "Cannot find ID of the entry: %s" prompt-ans))
(setq org-id-history org-refile-history)
(setq org-id-cache org-refile-cache)))))
(defun org-id-link-complete (&optional arg)
"Completion function for id: link."
(let* ((id (org-id-prompt-id)))
(format "id:%s" id)))
(org-link-set-parameters "id"
:complete #'org-id-link-complete)
#+end_src
Regards,
Ihor
Nathan Neff <nathan.neff@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello all,
>
> I've always found that the links in org-mode are basically
> very clunky to try to use in a quick fashion.
>
> To my understanding (see my other question about CUSTOM_ID
> versus ID) it's a good practice to store either a CUSTOM_ID or ID
> - (still can't grok the difference) and then store a hyperlink to that
> CUSTOM_ID or ID.
>
> By storing a hyperlink to CUSTOM_ID or ID my heading can change,
> but this won't matter. I can also move the heading to another file, and
> links
> to it will still work.
>
> However, I find that it's pretty clunky to store a CUSTOM_ID or ID
> for a heading, and then copy the link, and then paste it where I want to
> use it. Granted, it's not very difficult using org-store-link and
> org-insert-link,
> but it's just not as easy as I would think it would be.
>
> I've recently stumbled on Helm and was wondering if anyone has coded some
> kind of function that would show me a list of my headings, and create a
> CUSTOM_ID
> or ID for the heading and then copy a link to that heading so that I could
> easily paste it.
>
> Let's say I'm typing some stuff and want to insert a link to another
> heading, I would
> press some key combo and a helm search would come up. I would find the
> heading that
> I want to link to. If the heading has a CUSTOM_ID property, then a link to
> that CUSTOM_ID
> would be inserted at the text where my cursor is. If there's not a
> CUSTOM_ID property perhaps a prompt for a CUSTOM_ID could pop up. Once I
> enter the CUSTOM_ID, the link is created and copied to my cursor location /
> clipboard.
>
> Has anyone coded such a plugin or am I missing some cool Helm-fu?
>
> Thanks,
> --Nate
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2019-07-27 23:43 Links in Org-mode : Clunky Nathan Neff
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