From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: Minibuffer popup for org-contacts contact linking? Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:24:54 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51892) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcpkz-0004u0-9q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:25:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcpkx-0001HP-BB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:25:01 -0400 Received: from mail-qt1-x835.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::835]:44199) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcpkx-0001FC-6T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:24:59 -0400 Received: by mail-qt1-x835.google.com with SMTP id x47so10143724qtk.11 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 04:24:57 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: 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" To: Daryl Manning Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I use https://github.com/jkitchin/scimax/blob/master/contacts.el for something like this. There are helm/ivy interfaces in there for doing things like you describe. Mostly I use it to fill in email fields in messages. Daryl Manning writes: > I'm trying to figure out a way to hotkey bringing up a minibuffer in > ivy/ivy-rich much as I would with say `C-x b/k` for switching/killing > buffers, but allowing me to filter down to a contact and then, when > selected, have that put a `C-c l` link into a document for them. > > Is there any way to do this? org-contacts documentation is light and while > there is a search function in there, having trouble bending it as much as > I'd like to my will (see previous message about a week's notice on > birthdays/anniversaries) though I like the fact it's nice and lightweight > and seems to do most of what I want within the workflow I've sort of > created for myself ( > https://daryl.wakatara.com/a-better-gtd-and-crm-flow-for-emacs-org-mode ) > > Anyone have any idea or tips on how they've handled that? > thanks! > Daryl. -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu