Re: [Orgmode] org files and directory hierarchies

[Carsten Dominik]

On Jan 8, 2009, at 9:40 PM, David Lord wrote:

> 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.

Did you see Matt' answer in the other thread?  That will also work for  
you.

- Carsten

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/10330/focus=10331

> Regards
> David Lord
>
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