Re: customizing C-l (inserting link with file:) for dual-boot

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

If you store file names relative to your home directory, then org-mode 
should be able to use ~/....   filenames which would be general.  Is F: 
your home directory?

- Carsten

On Sep 28, 2006, at 0:00, Patrick Drechsler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been using Org-Mode for a while now and would like to know how to 
> configure the `C-l'-command (inserting a link) to work on a dual boot 
> system.
>
> Here is what I am trying to accomplish:
>
> Inserting a link to file works fine using the command `C-l'. But off 
> course it makes a difference which OS I use.
>
> I have a working Emacs-Snapshot on a dual boot machine (both similar 
> versions 22.0.50.1).
>
> For Org-Mode (and its agenda files) I use the following configuration:
>
> -------------------------
> (cond
>  ((file-directory-p "C:/Programme")
>   ; do Windows stuff:
>   (setq org-directory "F:\org-stuff")
>   (setq org-remember-templates
> 	'((?t "* TODO %?\n  %i\n  %a" "F:/org-stuff/TODO.org")
> 	  (?j "* %U %?\n\n  %i\n  %a" "F:/org-stuff/JOURNAL.org")))
>   (setq org-agenda-files (quote ("f:/org-stuff/computerstuff.org" 
> "f:/org-stuff/heinzerling.org" "f:/org-stuff/THESIS.org" 
> "f:/org-stuff/privat.org" "f:/org-stuff/TODO.org" 
> "f:/org-stuff/JOURNAL.org")))
>   )
>  ((file-directory-p "/home/patrick/")
>   ; do GNU/Linux stuff
>   (setq org-directory "~/data/org-stuff")
>   (setq org-remember-templates
> 	'((?t "* TODO %?\n  %i\n  %a" "~/data//org-stuff/TODO.org")
> 	  (?j "* %U %?\n\n  %i\n  %a" "~/data//org-stuff/JOURNAL.org")))
>   (setq org-agenda-files (quote ("~/data/org-stuff/computerstuff.org" 
> "~/data/org-stuff/heinzerling.org" "~/data/org-stuff/THESIS.org" 
> "~/data/org-stuff/privat.org" "~/data/org-stuff/TODO.org" 
> "~/data/org-stuff/JOURNAL.org")))
>   )
> )
> -------------------------
>
> What would be a simple way to adopt this feature when using `C-l'?
> My GNU/Linux partition is: ~/data
> My WindowsXPSP2 is:        f:/
>
> They both reach the same directory.
>
> I'd like `C-l' to think the same way.
>
> Can I store the variables "/home/patrick/data/org-stuff" (for 
> GNU/Linux) and "F:\org-stuff" (Windows) in a variable?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
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Carsten Dominik
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