Ryan Scott <ryan@vicarious-living.com> writes:

> It might make sense to fix up inserted "file:" links that are under the
> attachment directory to be "attachment:" style links by default anyway, no?
> Then just being able to set the working directory to the attachment
> directory easily would get the rest of the way there.

I am not sure. If the user explicitly states that :dir is the attachment
dir, it would make sense. However, what if the :dir is set explicitly
like below?

* Headline
:PROPERTIES:
:DIR: /actual/literal/path/to/attachment/dir
:END:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp :dir /actual/literal/path/to/attachment/dir
...

#+RESULTS:
attachment:...

The results will be indeed inside the attachment directory. However, the
:DIR: property may be changed at some point and the existing attachment:
link will not point to real file.

> So I suppose that would then mean having the :dir header accept the symbol
> `attach' or something like that?
> I'll play around and see what that looks like.

The above example should lead to more expected behaviour if the user
explicitly states that :dir is the attachment dir (even if it is going
to be changed in future):

* Headline
:PROPERTIES:
:DIR: /actual/literal/path/to/attachment/dir
:END:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp :dir 'attach
...

#+RESULTS:
attachment:...

Best,
Ihor