Re: Re: Feature request: org-goto hierarchical path completion with ido

From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: Peter Jones <mlists@pmade.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: Feature request: org-goto hierarchical path completion with ido
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:40:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <DA366886-A48D-4A1F-83BE-EB83EFA6495D@uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86r60uaibc.fsf@pmade.com>

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On Mar 18, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Peter Jones wrote:

> Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
>> This is `C-u C-c C-w', it uses the refile command interface
>> to go to a location.
>
> I'm always looking for a faster way to move around my org buffers, so
> based on what you said above, I tried setting org-refile-targets like
> so:
>
>  (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:maxlevel . 2))))
>
> And then tried using C-u C-c C-w to move around.  Unfortunately, it's
> not very practical for moving around since if you want to move  
> somewhere
> in the same tree you get this error:
>
>  Cannot refile to position inside the tree or region

This is just a bug.  Fixed now.

>
> It would really be neat if there was a way to jump to a specific
> heading, no matter how deep, by just typing a few key strokes.  Right
> now, I'm using C-s to do this, but the idea of having auto- 
> completion is
> compelling.

This is what org-goto is for.  You can select the interface
to be used with the variable org-goto-interface.  Set it to
outline-path-completion and it will work like refiling.
You can configure the maximum depth for this command
with org-goto-max-level.

>
> How about something like this:
>
> 1. Using a key binding, you enter a movement mode (ido, mini-buffer)
>
> 2. You select the first level heading you want (just like C-c C-w)
>
> 3. Point moves to the heading you selected
>
> 4. You are prompted for a second level heading
>
> 5. Either choose a heading, or do C-g to stay where you are
>
> 6. Continue until you get where you want to be

It will not work like this, but I think, in the end, you
would find that what you propose might feel slow again.
I believe you get the fatest interface by using

(setq org-outline-path-complete-in-steps nil)

and using ido for doing the completion on the full path.

The main difference between org-goto and calling org-refile
with a prefix argument is that the former always gives you
all headings to a certain depth in the current file, while
the latter offer a selection of important headings in
potentially many files.

I believe that many people only use the refile interface,
and then have both agenda targets, and current file targets
configured in org-refile-targets.

>
> Does that sound interesting to anyone?  If so, I could put together
> something for us to play with.
>
> -- 
> Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
> pmade inc.  Louisville, CO US
>
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