From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ken Mankoff Subject: Re: Fwd: Mac OS Alias file links Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:17:21 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ioqcfepi.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87y4z8hyk6.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60441) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WZglT-0007B4-SA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:17:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WZglJ-000729-OU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:17:35 -0400 Received: from mail-qg0-x22b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22b]:57159) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WZglJ-000724-Jn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:17:25 -0400 Received: by mail-qg0-f43.google.com with SMTP id f51so8273374qge.30 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2014 06:17:25 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <87y4z8hyk6.fsf@gmail.com> 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: Nick Dokos Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 2014-04-14 at 08:42, Nick Dokos wrote: > What does emacs do when you C-x C-f an alias? Alias in OS X (and Shortcut in Windows) present as files. Org treats it just as it should - as a file. Everything works. > If it opens it properly (i.e. opens the target file) then why is > anything needed in org? It seems to me that a file: link should just > work. > > If it does not, then maybe that's where the capability should be added. > Org seems to be the wrong place for it. > > But note that everything I know about aliases, I learnt in the last five > minutes, so I could be way off the mark. This requires me to 1) manually make an alias (something I never do), 2) choose where to store that alias on disk, and then 3) link to the alias in Org. Worse, the situation is not improved or difference since if the alias moves, the Org link (to the alias) is broken. I'm imagining the alias never exists on disk. Just as a representation inside Org, and pointing to the target file. Now the link can never break, unless the target is deleted. And there is no additional effort on our part beyond the existing work to make a link. -k. P.S. How does one make a link to a folder or directory in org?