From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manish Subject: Re: refiling Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:03:46 +0530 Message-ID: References: <4b4df521.0437560a.1e6b.338c@mx.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NV76i-0005pr-Ap for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:34:12 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NV76e-0005pd-5P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:34:12 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50279 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NV76e-0005pa-05 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:34:08 -0500 Received: from mail-iw0-f187.google.com ([209.85.223.187]:47037) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NV76d-0005kP-LT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:34:07 -0500 Received: by iwn17 with SMTP id 17so16398510iwn.25 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:34:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4b4df521.0437560a.1e6b.338c@mx.google.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Richard Riley Cc: Emacs-orgmode mailing list On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Richard Riley wrote: > > I'm a bit rusty so please excuse any stupid questions. > > I decided to clear up my org files which are, frankly, a mess. > > Two major issues for me to get my head around. > > 1) Tags v Categories. Its not entirely obvious to me what categories are > for. Are they like a more specialised tag? To me they are a means to provide some more context only. But I do not use them at all - I hide them using the excellent my-org-agenda-toggle-list-category function courtesy Manuel Hermengildo (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/10909). > > 2) Refiling. Lets says I have something like this in linux.org:- > > * general :general: > #+CATEGORY: general > ** learn org mode :emacs:org: > blah blah > * debian :debian: > #+CATEGORY: debian > > * test > > if I refile from elsewhere, it picks ALL items at a level to refile to when I select > linux.org. > > e.g linux.org/general, linux.org/debian, linux.org/test > > If I then select "general" it also prompts for me now to select "learn > org mode". Is this because of some hangover from me using org-mode? In > other words I cant refile to linux.org/debian. Not sure.. may be looking at varible org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes would help. HTH -- Manish