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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>

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I like this idea.

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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?
>
>

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  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

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