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From: "Gustav Wikström" <gustav.erik@gmail.com>
To: suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Link abbreviations, org-files with searches
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:33:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+SyOP_=WOwqeLnM-iXUWO-NbY9Vuw3cZYS2wYdXpuNfdr=Kkg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMXnza0-KiHUhPqM9tBrNsoGefSdQHGn3uLeiC=wfpCO0NS9Kw@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi Suvayu!

I know about the normal links and the possibility to search with these. The
thing is that I want to use an abbreviation (see sec. 4.6 in the manual) to
not have to type the path for this particular link every time.

Instead of typing (1)

[[file:/path/to/file.org::*<Heading_text>][Description]]

I want to be able to add an abbreviation in the beginning of the file the
link is in, with (2):

#+LINK: foo     file:/long/path/to/file/foo.org

and then use this abbreviation later in the text with (3):

[[foo][Description]]

,and also be able to use searches with this abbreviation. And it is this
syntax that seems a bit cumbersome to use when adding headline-searching to
it (requiring four ":") and does not work when trying to use regular
search. Unless I'm doing something wrong.

I also know that I could add the "::%s" to the link, giving (4):

#+LINK: foo     file:/long/path/to/file/foo.org::%s

but this makes it unusable as a simple file link without search. I intend
to use the link in multiple places inside my document both with and without
searches, thus I'm still wondering about this syntax-issue and the
non-headline search.

Regards
Gustav

(PS. sorry for the double-mail Suvayu. )

2011/10/31 suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>

> Hello Gustav,
>
> 2011/10/31 Gustav Wikström <gustav.erik@gmail.com>:
> > Hello!
> > When defining a link-abbreviation to an org-file with a headline search I
> > manage to get it to work with the following syntax:
> >   #+LINK: foo     file:/long/path/to/file/foo.org
>
> AFAIK, this is not required. Support for linking to org headlines is
> already built in.
>
> >   [[foo::::*heading inside foo]]
>
> This should be something like this:
>
>
> [[file:/path/to/file.org::*<Heading_text>][Description]]
>
> > I have to use four ":" to be able to search, instead of the three I would
> > expect (expecting three since the first ":" is used to declare that I
> want
> > to enter a tag and the following two are used inside the tag). Is this
> > intended behaviour?
>
> I am not sure what you are talking about here. Could you give an
> example to illustrate?
>
> > Also, it only seems to work for headline-search. I cannot get the regular
> > search to work. Can someone confirm this behaviour?
>
> For the regular search, something like this should be sufficient:
>
> [[file:/path/to/file.org::<search_phrase>][Description]]
>
> > /Gustav
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> PS: org-mode has amazing info documentation. Please check them out. All
>    of these are well covered there. For tutorials, you can check the
>    community site Worg.
>
> --
> Suvayu
>
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.
>

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next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-31 12:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-31 11:36 Link abbreviations, org-files with searches Gustav Wikström
2011-10-31 12:10 ` suvayu ali
2011-10-31 12:33   ` Gustav Wikström [this message]
2011-10-31 13:01     ` Suvayu Ali
2011-10-31 13:55       ` Gustav Wikström
2011-10-31 14:09         ` Suvayu Ali
     [not found]           ` <CA+SyOP_+ywn8d5n-bngggc9LYSyZGNpiD3yvLbt=id7P=zmvmQ@mail.gmail.com>
2011-10-31 17:50             ` Gustav Wikström
2011-10-31 21:00               ` Gustav Wikström

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