From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel E. Doherty Subject: Feature Request: Per-file attachment directories Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:57:07 -0500 Message-ID: <87ipb3qxj0.wl%ded-law@ddoherty.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47085) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGA6c-0002GD-Hr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:58:00 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGA6W-0002a2-JN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:57:54 -0400 Received: from mail-ie0-f169.google.com ([209.85.223.169]:46134) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGA6W-0002Zx-EO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:57:48 -0400 Received: by ied10 with SMTP id 10so12340186ied.0 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:57:47 -0700 (PDT) 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: Org-mode List 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, -- ==================================================== Daniel E. Doherty ded-law@ddoherty.net