Re: Feature Request: Per-file attachment directories

[Charles <millarc@verizon.net>]

Daniel,

On 9/24/2012 10:57 AM, Daniel E. Doherty wrote:
> Org Mode-erists:
>
> I like the attachment facility of Org for organizing external files
> related to a project, but it seems to lack an obvious feature.
>
> I use a separate org file for each major project, which in my case are
> law suits.  I would like to have a custom attachment directory specified
> at the top of the file for all attachments related to the project, have
> it inherited by all headings, and be able to specify a custom directory
> for a heading relative to that file-wide attachment directory.
>
> I have tried this:
>
> #+PROPERTY: :ATTACH_DIR_INHERIT: t
> #+PROPERTY: :ATTACH_DIR: ~/cases/Client Name/Case Name/
>
> but it does not work.  When I C-c C-a f to open up the attachment
> directory on a headline, it gives me an ID-based directory in the data
> directory instead of the file-wide default.
>
> Also, when I C-c C-a s to set a custom attachment directory, it defaults
> to my org directory.
>
> Using the data directory would be fine if I only wanted to access files
> through Org Mode (and perhaps I should), but I occassionaly have to open
> a file from outside emacs (say, a spreadsheet from excel on a Windows
> machine) and finding the file in the ID-based heirarchy is tough.
>
> How hard would this be to implement?  With this, I can thing of my
> org-mode file as a kind of annotated dired for a project.
>
> Regards,
The following does not answer you request or question, but like you I 
use Org Mode for legal work (I'm a freelance paralegal).

Have you thought about working entirely in Org Mode, including 
spreadsheets and then exporting. For instance Jambunathan's odt export. 
Or you can copy a region into a your preferred office suite's word 
processor, spreadsheet,etc.

Charlie Millar