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Re: [O] Feature Request: Per-file attachment directories
From: |
Nick Dokos |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Feature Request: Per-file attachment directories |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:15:24 -0400 |
Nick Dokos <address@hidden> wrote:
> Daniel E. Doherty <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> >
> > Org Mode-erists:
> >
> > I like the attachment facility of Org for organizing external files
> > related to a project, but it seems to lack an obvious feature.
> >
> > I use a separate org file for each major project, which in my case are
> > law suits. I would like to have a custom attachment directory specified
> > at the top of the file for all attachments related to the project, have
> > it inherited by all headings, and be able to specify a custom directory
> > for a heading relative to that file-wide attachment directory.
> >
> > I have tried this:
> >
> > #+PROPERTY: :ATTACH_DIR_INHERIT: t
> > #+PROPERTY: :ATTACH_DIR: ~/cases/Client Name/Case Name/
One more thing: I have no idea if spaces in the pathname are going to be
a problem. A cursory test indicates that it's probably OK:
(org-entry-get nil "ATTACH-DIR") returns the whole pathname, spaces and
everything. But if things break, that's one thing that you might want to
change before giving up.
Nick
> >
> > but it does not work. When I C-c C-a f to open up the attachment
> > directory on a headline, it gives me an ID-based directory in the data
> > directory instead of the file-wide default.
> >
>
> Try losing the colons around the property names - the following seems to work
> OK (modulo the possible problem of filenames starting with . - I had to rename
> .emacs -> dot.emacs for it to work):
>
> ,----
> | #+PROPERTY: ATTACH_DIR ./attachments
> |
> |
> | * bar
> :ATTACH:
> | :PROPERTIES:
> | :Attachments: dot.emacs
> | :END:
> |
> | Make an attachment.
> `----
>
> Nick
>
>
> > Also, when I C-c C-a s to set a custom attachment directory, it defaults
> > to my org directory.
> >
> > Using the data directory would be fine if I only wanted to access files
> > through Org Mode (and perhaps I should), but I occassionaly have to open
> > a file from outside emacs (say, a spreadsheet from excel on a Windows
> > machine) and finding the file in the ID-based heirarchy is tough.
> >
> > How hard would this be to implement? With this, I can thing of my
> > org-mode file as a kind of annotated dired for a project.
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > ====================================================
> > Daniel E. Doherty
> > address@hidden
> >
>