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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
Subject: Re: Include on file open?
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Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:

> I'd like to put a kind of menu bar at the top of most of my .org
> pages, so I can quickly jump around the most commonly edited files. I
> can do something like:
>
> | [[file:first.org][first]] | [[file:second.org][second]] | ...
>
> and simply include that in all my files. However, if I change the
> menu, I have to go back and update all those files. A better approach
> would be to include an up-to-date menu file
> when each org file is opened, and maybe even reload to update the
> menu. However, the #+INCLUDE: option only works at export time.
>
> Is there a way to automatically include an external file when I
> open/reload a .org file? Or is there a better way to create a menu or
> frequently visited files?
>
> Thanks!
> -pd

I think org-toc in the contrib/lisp directory is meant to do just this,
automatically. I haven't tried it, though...