Re: org-refile: only works on leaves?

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

On Jan 15, 2008, at 8:29 PM, Wanrong Lin wrote:
> Hi, Carsten,
>
> It seems I found the cause of this.
>
> I have the following in my emacs config:
>
> (setq org-refile-targets '((org-agenda-files . (:maxlevel . 2))))
> (setq org-refile-use-outline-path t)
>
> When using org-refile, the completion suggestions I got is (using  
> example in my original example)
>
> Level 1 heading (xyz.org)
> Level 1 heading / Level 2 heading (xyz.org)
>
> Note there is a space between "Level 1 heading" and "(xyz.org)", so  
> if I type "Level" and press TAB key, the minibuffer will get a  
> completion up to "Level 1 heading" without the space, and I though  
> this is a valid selection but org-mode refuses to take it. What is  
> actually happening is, org-mode needs the " (xyz.org)" too. so if I  
> add a space after "Level 1 heading", and press TAB key again, the  
> minibuffer will get a completion to "Level 1 heading (xyz.org)" and  
> now org-mode thinks this is a valid selection.
>
> My feeling is the above is a little bit counter-intuitive. If there  
> is no multiple files with the same heading "Level 1 heading", I  
> would think "Level 1 heading" should be considered a valid selection  
> from the completion buffer.  What do you think?

In principle, I tend to agree but I don't know how to tweak completion
to act like this.  Have you considered to set

(setq org-refile-use-outline-path 'file)

? This would get rid of the problem by moving the file name to the  
beginning of the
completion string.

- Carsten