Re: [ANN] org-fstree 0.2

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Andreas Burtzlaff <andy13@gmx.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [ANN] org-fstree 0.2
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 06:22:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C2F19656-91BE-4BC0-B44C-C79FD51FE997@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090401031236.ebdc956a.andy13@gmx.net>

On Apr 1, 2009, at 3:12 AM, Andreas Burtzlaff wrote:

> Hello Alan,
>
> I think you overlooked one aspect of org-fstree.
> If you place a link to a file in the org file (outside the region
> between BEGIN_FSTREE and END_FSTREE), e.g:
>
> * Some note [[file:foobar][foobar]]      :someTag:
>
> then this heading will show up behind the file in the fstree as a link
> back:
>
> #+BEGIN_FSTREE: some_path
>
> ...
> ** [ ] foobar { [[* Some note][Some note]] }     :someTag:
> ...
>
> #+END_FSTREE
>
> I see that it could in some cases be comfortable to add notes directly
> at the file's entry and make them persistent on update. I might  
> write a
> function that automatically inserts a heading for the currently  
> selected
> file outside the fstree block, if time allows.
>
> I'm looking for a better way to display those links and possibly also
> the content of the headings and am happy to receive new ideas. I  
> tried the
> column view, but properties that contain links are displayed as text.

But you can nonetheless open them with C-c C-o when on the right field.

- Carsten

>
> Andreas
>
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:48:37 +1000
> "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Together with the ability to limit the recursions, this is  
>> potentially
>> useful.  Thank you.
>>
>> A longstanding item on my wishlist has been a Linux implementation of
>> an old MSDOG workalike, 4DOS with the 4dos shell.  That shell worked
>> alot like "dir" but it kept a field for comments.  So, with those
>> useless msdog 8+3 filenames, one could keep a note, and keep track of
>> ...  Maybe you can get it.
>>
>> DIred is pretty good, but I haven't found anything yet to do what I
>> would like.  I just tried typing notes into the org-fstree buffer  
>> of a
>> directory listing.  It was pretty nice, not what I want exactly, but
>> it could be useful in some cases.
>>
>> Except for at least one thing: refreshing the directory deleted my
>> notes.  For example:
>>
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/org-help][org-help]]
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/ARCHIVE][ARCHIVE]]
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/orgcard][orgcard]]     Hmmm..?????
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/Journal][Journal]]     ???
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/plotting][plotting]]    my experiments
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/LaTeX][LaTeX]]
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/Classes][Classes]]     Working  
>> directory maybe
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/MEMO][MEMO]]        location of memo
>> composition bits
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/data][data]]        attachments
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/auto][auto]]
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/org-extra][org-extra]]   better to keep
>> the extra bits here for portability?
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/org-plot][org-plot]]    gnuplot and R
>> plotting, I think
>>
>>
>> Now when I refresh:
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/Classes][Classes]]
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/MEMO][MEMO]]
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/data][data]]
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/auto][auto]]
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/org-extra][org-extra]]
>> *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/org-plot][org-plot]]
>>
>> Do you suppose this could be solved easily?
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Alan Davis
>>
>> "An inviscid theory of flow renders the screw useless, but the need
>> for one non-existent."                     ---Lord Raleigh (John
>> William Strutt), or else his son, who was also a scientist.
>>
>> It is undesirable to believe a proposition when
>> there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
>>     ---- Bertrand Russell
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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