[Orgmode] Re: Refile to a different Org file?

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hi Raymond,

"Raymond Zeitler" wrote:
> I'm trying to change the value of org-refile-targets to enable me to refile
> to the other files that make up my agenda view.  Its value started out as
> just nil, which worked exactly right for one file because I was able to
> refile to all the *categories* in ~/todo.org, using tab completion, and it
> didn't get confused by tags or heading names.
>
> So far I've used customization to put this into the appropriate section of
> my .emacs:
>
>  '(org-refile-targets (quote ((org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 1) (nil
> :maxlevel . 1))))
>
> This doesn't work the way I expect.  I figured out that I can refile if I
> specify the heading "Tasks" and the filename.  But I cannot refile to any
> categories other than the ones in ~/todo.org.  And sometimes I get choices
> that I don't want where the heading starts with the same text as the
> category name.  BTW, I use unique category names across all files.

This is what I'm using:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
;; any headline with level <= 2 is a target
(setq org-refile-targets '((nil :maxlevel . 2)
                                ; all top-level headlines in the
                                ; current buffer are used (first) as a
                                ; refile target
                           (org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 2)))

;; provide refile targets as paths, including the file name
;; (without directory) as level 1 of the path
(setq org-refile-use-outline-path 'file)

;; allow to create new nodes (must be confirmed by the user) as
;; refile targets
(setq org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes 'confirm)

;; refile only within the current buffer
(defun my/org-refile-within-current-buffer ()
  "Move the entry at point to another heading in the current buffer."
  (interactive)
  (let ((org-refile-targets '((nil :maxlevel . 5))))
    (org-refile)))
#+end_src

In particular, the file notation allows me to easily refile to any Org file
(from the agenda ones):

    Work.org/Appointments

or

    Perso.org/Appointments

Does this answer your concern, or did I miss your point?

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sébastien Vauban