From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erwin Panen Subject: Re: Solution for compatible file linking? Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 10:47:56 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56656) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S5atg-0004sJ-AO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:48:42 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S5atH-0005bF-8R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:48:35 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:47874) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S5atH-0005al-0o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:48:11 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S5atD-0001wq-3M for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:48:09 +0100 Received: from vpn1.vdab.be ([193.53.238.199]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:48:07 +0100 Received: from erwinpanen by vpn1.vdab.be with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:48:07 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > > Hi everyone, > > I'm using orgmode in a multi OS environment. (OS X, Linux & Windows) > Most of the time I carry a USB-drive or stick. > I try to keep all linked files inside the same directory structure > used on all OS's. > > Does anyone have a solution to keep links in Orgmode files intact > between OS's? > I realize the mount point is crucial in this respect. > But on Windows systems, the drive letter can change quite at random... > > Or could windows shellinks > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb776891%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) > or IUniformResourceLocator (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229092) > provide a solution? (I have not investigated this yet) > > Thanks! > > Erwin > > Erwin Panen fastmail.fm> writes: Maybe running a portable app webserver might be a solution? Could this serve up "a uniform" file location for linking from within orgmode? Just a thought. Erwin