John, this is superb!

thx so much it answers all my needs, what a great find :)

kind regards

Z

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 7:33 PM, John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
wrote:

> (helm-org-agenda-files-headings) seems to do this already for all
> headlines in your agenda files. the third action is to insert a link to
> the selected headline.
>
> You can use let to temporarily define the org-agenda-files list to what
> you want, and just use the (helm-org-agenda-files-headings) command for
> non-agenda files.
>
> e.g.
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> (defun insert-heading-link (dir)
>   "select a headline from org-files in dir and insert a link to it."
>   (interactive  (list (read-directory-name "Directory: ")))
>   (let ((org-agenda-files (f-entries
>                            dir
>                            (lambda (f)
>                              (string=
>                               "org"
>                               (file-name-extension f)))
>                            t)))
>     (helm-org-agenda-files-headings)))
> #+END_SRC
>
> gives me a helm buffer to select headlines from org-files in the
> directory I select and when I press f3 (for the third
> action), it inserts a link to the selected headline. It does the file
> finding recursively, so you might not want to run this on /  ;)
>
> You could bind it to a key for easy use.
>
> Xebar Saram writes:
>
> > Thx so much Bernhard
> >
> > this looks really promising. i never had luck with either company or
> > auto-complete t o get it to work reliably (it often stops working even
> > though its still in the mod bar).
> > anyway i tried it and added this to my config (after cloning from git):
> >
> > (add-to-list 'load-path "/home/zeltak/.emacs.g/company-org-headings")
> > (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
> >  (lambda () (set (make-local-variable 'company-backends)
> >     '((company-org-headings)))))
> >
> > i dont see it completes on org heading, is there any keys i need to press
> > or anything else in need to config? does this work only when you try to
> > insert a link?
> >
> > best and thx so much, this look awesome
> >
> > P.S have you considered Helm for this as well?
> >
> > best
> >
> > Z
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Bernhard Pröll <bmutbuerger@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Saram,
> >>
> >> I've been in the same boat and decided to write a company-backend for
> >> this purpose. So if you're already using company-mode, this may be worth
> >> looking into:
> >>
> >> https://github.com/mutbuerger/company-org-headings
> >>
> >> Keep in mind that I'm in the process of learning Elisp and
> >> there has been little to no testing done on the package. Furthermore it
> >> uses org-store-link instead of org-id-store-link.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Bernhard Pröll
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 31. Jul 09:43, Xebar Saram wrote:
> >>
> >>> i also have a similar workflow and would love to hear Dominic if you
> >>> found a
> >>> solution for this or if anyone on the list has other suggestions?
> >>>
> >>> best
> >>>
> >>> Z
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Dominic Surano <sk8ingdom@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>    Hello,
> >>>
> >>>    I use org-mode a lot like a wiki so links to other org-mode headings
> >>> are
> >>>    very common. Currently, I navigate to the heading or pull it up in
> an
> >>>    agenda view, store the link with C-l, going back to where I want to
> >>>    insert the link, then insert the link with C-c C-l RET. This is a
> bit
> >>>    time consuming.
> >>>
> >>>    Instead, I would prefer to map a key that allows me to insert a
> link at
> >>>    the current point using tab completion similar to org-refile (C-c
> C-w).
> >>>    Looking through org-id.el, it seems like
> org-id-get-with-outline-path
> >>>    completion was designed for this purpose. I tried:
> >>>
> >>>    (global-set-key "\C-ci" (lambda () (interactive) (org-id-get-with
> >>>    outline-path-completion)))
> >>>
> >>>    but it didn't work as intended. Anyone have any ideas?
> >>>
> >>>    Thanks!
> >>>    -D
> >>>
> >>>    For reference, I have the following set in my configuration:
> >>>
> >>>    ;; Use global IDs
> >>>    (require 'org-id)
> >>>    (setq org-id-link-to-org-use-id t)
> >>>
> >>>    ;; Update ID file .org-id-locations on startup
> >>>    (org-id-update-id-locations)
> >>>
> >>>    ;; Targets include this file and any file contributing to the
> agenda -
> >>>    up to 9 levels deep
> >>>    (setq org-refile-targets (quote ((nil :maxlevel . 9)
> >>>                                     (org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 9))))
> >>>    (setq org-refile-use-outline-path 'file)
> >>>    (setq org-outline-path-complete-in-steps t)
> >>>    (setq org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes t)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
>
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