From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carlos Pita Subject: Rationale for org-directory (any?) Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 21:03:15 -0300 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:51931) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gvt4P-0003Ox-3h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:15:33 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gvsso-0007ex-0t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:03:34 -0500 Received: from mail-yw1-xc31.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::c31]:40780) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gvssn-0007dD-9N for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:03:33 -0500 Received: by mail-yw1-xc31.google.com with SMTP id c67so7109913ywa.7 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:03:27 -0800 (PST) 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 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! -- Carlos