From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Myles English Subject: Re: capture, attach, link files from web Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 18:49:39 +0100 Message-ID: <87r4bxug24.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87wqlpuwpl.fsf@gmail.com> <87siwdoz33.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54666) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VTEwH-0005CB-2J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:49:54 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VTEwB-0006wP-CL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:49:49 -0400 Received: from mail-ee0-x22c.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c00::22c]:34277) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VTEwB-0006w4-4C for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:49:43 -0400 Received: by mail-ee0-f44.google.com with SMTP id b47so3453600eek.31 for ; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:49:42 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <87siwdoz33.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> 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: Eric Abrahamsen Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Eric, I am glad you like it. eric@ericabrahamsen.net writes: [..] > Rather than sending downloaded files to $TMPDIR, it might be nice to > have them just use whatever dir org-attach would have used. I use > org-attach from time to time, and notice that everything ends up under > ~/org/data/. I haven't actually investigated why that happens (I've got > org-directory set to ~/org/), mostly because it strikes me as a fine > default. When we've got that directory, setting a different TMPDIR seems > unnecessary. I'll admit part of my hesitation comes from the fact that > "TMPDIR" sounds like it's going to get automatically deleted at some > point. The $TMPDIR was just an environment variable I had set already so assumed it was semi-standard (doesn't everyone have a $TMPDIR?). When my function calls: (org-attach-attach (concat tmpdir "/" fname) nil 'mv) it moves the file from $TMPDIR to the attachment directory, amongst other things no doubt. The attachment directory is decided by the (org-attach-dir) function and I presume the new file could be downloaded straight there and then the task/heading would have to be synchronised with it's attachments to get the new file to show up in the heading's properties. > I've often thought it would be nice to link to images in an org file > with http: links, then at some arbitrary point in time call a > hypothetical org-localize-external-resources command. That command would > wget all the external resources, put them somewhere local, and switch > the links to the file: type. Just a thought. Good idea. I look forward to your clever implementation with proper indenting and informative comments. > Regardless, thanks for posting this. It's fun to see other people > thinking in familiar directions. I agree, it is nice to supplement the daily diet of bug reports, help requests, "have you tried emacs -Q" etc. Myles