Re: Searching linked files

[Darlan Cavalcante Moreira <darcamo@gmail.com>]

See the variable org-agenda-text-search-extra-files. It seems to be exactly
what you want.

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Darlan Cavalcante


At Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:16:49 -0400,
Marvin Doyley <marvinpas@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> Does anybody now how to search the content of a linked file ? I have a
> master file that is included in org-agenda file list. This file contains
> links to other research project related org files. Unfortunately, is seems
> that only way to search the content of the link file is to include it in
> the agenda file list, ideally I prefer not to do this.
> 
> To illustrate the problem, lets say I have a file myfile.org, which is
> included in the list of org agenda files.
> 
> myfile.org contains the following
> 
> * Apples
> * Pears
> * [[file:~/test.org][Farmers]]
> 
> Similarly, test.org contains
> 
> * Jack
> - Cheapest supplier of Apples
> - Deliver
> * Joe
> -  Pear supplies and other vegetables
> * Bill
> -  Potential supplier
> 
> 
> Lets say I want to do a keyword search for  vegetables, I would hit C-a s.
> The problem is that unless I include test.org in the agenda file list, it
> doesn't work.
> 
> 
> I appreciate any help or suggestion.
> 
> Cheers
> M