From: "numbchild@gmail.com" <numbchild@gmail.com>
To: Mark Edgington <edgimar@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Smart archiving of subtrees with parent headlines
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 12:27:28 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAL1eYu+9gOq9dQJqE+0YiF_QNDdkC3Y9hfiVM3+-ES+EqyNpKw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMsBe8oZkxYT9_EQkejD7TuzbdLztJYN6nvwtgz3PLi2m6Hgyg@mail.gmail.com>
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2599 bytes --]
I like this idea.
[stardiviner] <Hack this world!> GPG key ID: 47C32433
IRC(freeenode): stardiviner Twitter: @numbchild
Key fingerprint = 9BAA 92BC CDDD B9EF 3B36 CB99 B8C4 B8E5 47C3 2433
Blog: http://stardiviner.github.io/
On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 12:42 AM, Mark Edgington <edgimar@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have looked at a few threads related to the archiving of subtrees,
> but haven't found anything that matches what I think would be a very
> sensible archiving behavior. I already posted this as a question on
> the emacs stack-exchange site
> (https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/38530/how-to-
> archive-an-org-mode-subtree-along-with-its-parent-headlines),
> but realize that the mailing list is probably more likely to get some
> feedback from people. So here's what I'm trying to figure out how to
> do:
>
> Say I start with an org-file that looks like:
>
> #+ARCHIVE: ::* Archived
>
> * Foo
> * Tasks
> * Task1
> * Thoughts
> * Thought1
> * Thought2
>
> * Archived
>
> Now I put the point (i.e. cursor) on Thought1 and run
> org-super-archive (the magical command I'm hoping to find). The result
> should be:
>
> #+ARCHIVE: ::* Archived
>
> * Foo
> * Tasks
> * Task1
> * Thoughts
> * Thought2
>
> * Archived
> * Foo
> * Thoughts
> * Thought1
>
> Now I move the point to Thought2 and again run org-super-archive,
> which should give me:
>
> #+ARCHIVE: ::* Archived
>
> * Foo
> * Tasks
> * Task1
> * Thoughts
>
> * Archived
> * Foo
> * Thoughts
> * Thought1
> * Thought2
>
> So the basic operation I'm seeking is the ability to archive a subtree
> to whatever target location is specified with #+ARCHIVE (or
> org-archive-location) where (1) the full path of the archived subtree
> is mirrored beneath that target location, and (2) the subtree will be
> merged into an existing path under the target if an appropriate path
> already exists (e.g. a path consisting of all of the subtree's parent
> headlines, regardless of the content of the bodies of these
> headlines).
>
> As an added bonus, it would be nice if it were possible to choose
> whether or not the "full path" of a subtree to be archived will
> include the org-file name as the root of the path. This would be
> useful in cases where you archive from multiple org-files to a single
> archive.org file.
>
> Any thoughts on this -- has it already been done, or would it be easy to
> do?
>
>
[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 3844 bytes --]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-10 4:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-09 16:42 Smart archiving of subtrees with parent headlines Mark Edgington
2018-02-10 4:27 ` numbchild [this message]
2018-02-10 14:04 ` Eric S Fraga
2018-02-12 6:54 ` Ken Mankoff
2018-02-12 21:06 ` Mark Edgington
2018-02-12 22:44 ` Mark Edgington
2018-04-26 23:34 ` Bastien
2018-05-01 0:35 ` Mark Edgington
2018-05-01 9:01 ` Bastien
2019-03-28 18:13 ` Ken Mankoff
2019-03-29 2:23 ` Mark Edgington
2019-03-29 7:18 ` Ken Mankoff
2019-04-02 7:32 ` Ken Mankoff
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
List information: https://www.orgmode.org/
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=CAL1eYu+9gOq9dQJqE+0YiF_QNDdkC3Y9hfiVM3+-ES+EqyNpKw@mail.gmail.com \
--to=numbchild@gmail.com \
--cc=edgimar@gmail.com \
--cc=emacs-orgmode@gnu.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this public inbox
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).