From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Lundin Subject: Re: Question about org-link-file-path-type Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:24:05 -0600 Message-ID: References: <87ej1s5r70.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxCWZ-0005ZG-4R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:24:11 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxCWX-0005Yv-CA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:24:10 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58355 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KxCWX-0005Ys-55 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:24:09 -0500 Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:48607) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KxCWX-0007Pg-HL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:24:09 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87ej1s5r70.fsf@fastmail.fm> (Matthew Lundin's message of "Mon\, 03 Nov 2008 17\:24\:03 -0600") 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: Matthew Lundin Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Matthew Lundin writes: > I am using org 6.10c. When I set org-link-file-path-type to absolute > and use C-u C-c C-l (org-insert-link with argument), any file in my > home directory above my org directory is given the shortcut ~ -- as in > file:~/pdfs/paper.pdf. (This is the desired behavior.) > > But when org-link-file-path-type is set to adaptive (the default) > and I use org-insert link, the files above my org-directory are > given unabbreviated names. E.g.: file:/home/matt/pdfs/paper.pdf. > > Since I use org on two separate computers with different root > directory structures but also rely on relative links for my website, I > would like the adaptive option to create abbreviated links for the > home directory (i.e., ~). Is this possible? > > I seem to remember the adaptive setting resulting in the abbreviated > links in 6.06 (before I upgraded to 6.08 and then 6.10), but I may be > wrong about that. My mistake. I checked and this was apparently not the behavior of earlier versions of org-mode. So let me try to simplify my question: Is it possible to have an adaptive link option that creates (a) relative links for files in the same directory as my org files or in subdirectories and (b) abbreviated absolute links (i.e., ~ for home) for files in other directories within my home directory? In other words, the behavior of the absolute link option as part of the adaptive link option. As far as I can tell, when the adaptive link option is set, org-store-link and org-insert-link produce unabbreviated links for files in the home directory. Thanks (and sorry for the wordiness). Matt > > Thanks, > > Matt Lundin