Re: [Orgmode] org files and directory hierarchies

[David Lord]

On 8 Ion 2009, at 17:07, Matthew Lundin wrote:
> One caveat. Org attach doesn't work in quite this way. The data
> directory hierarchy isn't really human readable (i.e., it doesn't
> mirror the org outline hierarchy). But that would be a nightmare to
> make work, I imagine, because of constant changes to the org outline
> structure. Rather, directories containing files are attached to
> outline headings via automatically generated IDs.

Well, why not allow the user to choose a directory, there's no real  
reason why the directory structure has to match the org file?

I started using attachments when the feature came out and really  
liked them, especially the simple interface for choosing a file to  
attach (even better with ido).  But after a while, I found the fact  
that I could only reasonably get to attachments through the org file  
difficult to work with - what happens when I've finished a task and  
archived it off?  I've got to go hunting through the archive file to  
find the old task before I can find the attachments.  So I stopped  
using them and decided I'd use normal hyperlinks instead.  But then I  
found out just how awkward is is to have to either cut-and-paste the  
directory path or type it in manually whenever I want to link to a file.

Regards
David Lord