Re: Feature Request: changes regarding attachments and subtasks

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Darlan Cavalcante Moreira <darcamo@gmail.com>
Cc: org-mode Mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Feature Request: changes regarding attachments and subtasks
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:51:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8D067FFB-DC0E-41B9-937E-3811AA4AC037@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1251923376.14927.123.camel@gtelw26.gtel.ufc.br>

On Sep 2, 2009, at 10:29 PM, Darlan Cavalcante Moreira wrote:

> Hello orgers,
>
> I have a task with several subtasks and some of them are associated  
> with
> an external PDF file. Since in this case each PDF file exists only for
> the corresponding subtask, I think using attachments is a better  
> option
> then storing the PDFs somewhere and using hyperlinks.
>
> If each subtask has its own directory everything is fine and using  
> "C-c
> C-a o" on a subtask with only one PDF will open the PDF without  
> further
> questions. However, I'd like to have all subtasks files stored in the
> same folder but still be able to reference only the specific subtask
> file.
>
> For instance, I have set the :ATTACH_DIR: property of the parent  
> task to
> something such as "parent_task_files" and the :ATTACH_DIR_INHERIT:
> property to "t". Then in a "subtask1" I have added the file
> "file1" (using C-c C-a a) and in "subtask2" I have added the file
> "file2". Both of them were added to the folder
> "data/parent_task_files" (which is what I want) but no information
> (property) is added to the subtasks. Therefore, if I go to subtask1  
> and
> try to open the file with "C-c C-a o" it will ask me each file to  
> open:
> file1 or file2.
>
> My suggestion is that when I add a file to a subtask in this case it
> should add the property :Atachments: "filename" such that even if all
> files are stored in the same folder, only the files that I added to  
> this
> subtask is associated with it.

Hi Darlan,

The property with the list of attachments is occasionally updated
by org, using a directory listing.  So the change you propose
would not persist.

One way out would be to create a link to the file:  Visit it
when it is already in the attachment directory and store a link.

Another possibility would be a new link type attach: which
does find the correct directory using inheritance.
But I Guess this would be a fragile construct.

- Carsten

>
>
> ps: I'm using org 6.28e
>
>
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