Open an org-mode file from C++ source code and automatically create an item

Open an org-mode file from C++ source code and automatically create an item

[Lex Fridman]

I'm working on a C++ project. Suppose I have the following directory structure:

project/
project/src

And I have the following files:

project/ChangeLog
project/todo.org
project/src/foo.cpp

I can work on the C++ source code in `foo.cpp` and then add a line
into the ChangeLog file just with `C-x 4 a` as the following
describes: http://bit.ly/kpcDSp

How can I achieve that same kind of functionality with org-mode on the
file `todo.org`. I would like to keep a to do list relative to the
source code. So if in `foo.cpp` I need to finish a function `void
Foo::bla()` I would like an entry to be added to `todo.org` that
mentions this function and the file it resides in much like `C-x 4 a`
does for ChangeLog.

I would also like to be able to have the backward link from the org
file to the `foo.cpp` file in which the to-do task is.

There is so much documentation, tutorials, information available on
org-mode, so I'm sorry if I'm asking a dumb question that's already
been covered extensively elsewhere. I tried searching Google and this
mailing list, but found nothing that addresses this.

Thanks!

Re: Open an org-mode file from C++ source code and automatically create an item

[Jambunathan K]

> There is so much documentation, tutorials, information available on
> org-mode, so I'm sorry if I'm asking a dumb question that's already
> been covered extensively elsewhere. I tried searching Google and this
> mailing list, but found nothing that addresses this.

How about looking at the manual? org-store-link and org-insert-link are
pretty good starting point.

If the target file is going to be modified in non-trivial manner I
suggest one of the following:

1. Plain old bookmarks
2. Plain old TODO, FIXME or [YOUR INITIALS] markers
3. Collecting the function tags in the Org file as headlines and jumping
   to it.

Summary: Your imagined workflow sounds cool but would suck very
soon. Don't ask me why

Jambunathan K.

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