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From: David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Q: Attachments and IDs?
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 21:18:20 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <LV8P223MB092056D1964E543F39E0DE3EA2A02@LV8P223MB0920.NAMP223.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877cdpqut2.fsf@localhost> (Ihor Radchenko's message of "Sat, 13 Jul 2024 13:35:05 +0000")

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> <org-attach-id-dir>/<first two letters of ID>/<the rest of ID>/attached-file
>>
>> Hmm. I'm still misunderstanding the *value* of an ID (value in the sense
>> of why is it useful for me).  This suggests to me that, under
>> org-attach-id-dir, you could have a tree of attachments, but what is an
>> example of why that's a good thing (particularly for a newbie)?
>> ... Since
>> the documentation on attachments starts out mentioning an ID, it's
>> helpful to understand why it's useful.  Basically, I guess the above
>> mentions "folder structure" without defining what is trying to be
>> achieved with this more complicated folder structure instead of just one
>> attachment directory where all attachments are dumped.
>
> You can attach files to multiple headings.
> Using the heading ID to construct the attachment location makes sure
> that we do not dump all the attachments together.
> Isn't it obvious? I am genuinely surprised.

I'm getting old, but I think I'm seeing it now.  I think the word
"entry" in 10.2 threw me for awhile (entry as in a task hierarchy as
opposed to a particular attachment). Maybe an Appendix for these generic
words (entry, ID, header, task, ...) that explains their special meaning
in Org for reference?  Not sure.

Thanks for putting with me.

-- 
David Masterson

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2024-07-14  4:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-07-10 22:34 Q: Attachments and IDs? David Masterson
2024-07-11 13:46 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-13  3:34   ` David Masterson
2024-07-13 13:35     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-14  4:18       ` David Masterson [this message]
2024-07-14 10:16         ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-14 17:16           ` David Masterson
2024-07-11 16:18 ` Daniel Fleischer
2024-07-13  3:09   ` David Masterson

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