This looks impressive, and is *similar* to the effect I am going for, but what I am looking at is intercepting the `org-insert-link` functionality (or replacing it) with the ability to insert a link from the global filter-and-select interface via ivy for `org-refile`. So, in other words, global access to the (say 3 levels down) headings and files available through the ivy interface (which further allows me to filter that down). This would give me the ability to arbitrarily add links across all files (and particularly handy with org-contact for adding in links in cal entries for meetings). Since the viy interface seems to work fine for refiling tasks (except for initial load of refile targets), it seems it'd be sufficiently performant. Daryl. On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 1:14 PM Ihor Radchenko wrote: > If I understand you correctly, the following code should achieve what > you want. The code reuses org-refile interface to complete id: links. > > (defun org-id-prompt-id () > "Prompt for the id during completion of id: link." > (let ((org-refile-history nil) > (org-refile-cache nil) > (org-refile-target-verify-function nil)) > (let ((prompt-ans (org-refile-get-location "Select org entry"))) > (prog1 > (or (org-id-get (seq-find #'markerp > prompt-ans) > 'create) > (user-error "Cannot find ID of the entry: %s" prompt-ans)) > (setq org-id-history org-refile-history) > (setq org-id-cache org-refile-cache))))) > > > (defun org-id-link-complete (&optional arg) > "Completion function for id: link." > (let* ((id (org-id-prompt-id))) > (format "id:%s" id))) > > (defun org-id-link-desk (link desk) > "Description function for id: link." > (or desk > (let ((id (cadr (split-string link ":")))) > (org-with-point-at (org-id-find id 'marker) > (org-get-heading 'strip 'all 'the 'extra))))) > > (org-link-set-parameters "id" > :complete #'org-id-link-complete > :desk #'org-id-link-desk) > > > > Daryl Manning writes: > > > I use ivy and org-refile to process my inbox.org file hyper-efficiently > and > > get things into my GTD system. > > > > In a recent discussion on org-roam (which nicely links to files in a nice > > wiki-like manner) it occurred to me if I had a similar interface to > search > > for headlines in the manner of org-refile and then insert them > effortlessly > > without having to switch to a doc and copy/store them and then switching > > back to my doc and inserting them, I'd be a happy camper. > > > > Is there a package/functions that does/do that in some fashion (say > > configurable to avoid link sprawl so say, like 3 heading levels down and > to > > files in specific directories like deft). Googling did not give joy, > though > > I noticed someone had used a similar approach for addressing link > *within* > > a document, but not quite there (swiper and worf combo and an ivy-org-ref > > package looked interesting). > > > > (I always worry when I post these questions that someone is going to just > > say "but did you not know about M-x org-insert-link-like-ivy-with-refile" > > so go gentle on me if I've missed something obvious. It seems I often do. > > This weekend in particular I've added on a whole bunch of small but in > the > > aggregate, large productivity improvements to my emacs setup which I > > approached solving the wrong way until I asked and someone mentioned > > another way to do things, so.... ). > > > > thanks, > > Daryl. > > -- > Ihor Radchenko, > PhD, > Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-nano) > State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong > University, Xi'an, China > Email: yantar92@gmail.com, ihor_radchenko@alumni.sutd.edu.sg >