Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> writes: > David Masterson <dsmaster...@gmail.com> writes: > >> I use Org with Emacs 28.2 on Linux and BeOrg on iPhones. I don't >> believe iPhones support "symbolic links". Therefore, where I mount a >> USB key on each is going to be a different directory. I'd like to store >> pictures on my USB key and reference them via "file:" hyperlinks in >> Org. My problem is accounting for the different directory locations. >> >> Can I create a variable (property? tag?) in my Org file that will have >> the path to the USB key directory and use that in an Org hyperlink? > > You can have environment variables in link paths: > > [[file:$HOME/wallpaper.png]]
Hmm. iOS (Beorg) doesn't handle environment variables (I think). But maybe I can hide that...? Hmm. > Alternatively, you can define a link abbreviation: > > #+link: local-file /home/user/ > > [[local-file:wallpaper.png]] > > and then load it via #+SETUPFILE with different setupfiles on PC and > phone. That looks good. I'll have to experiment with that on Beorg and as on the Beorg forum. > Or you can have a custom link type. I hope I don't have to get that complicated. ;-) -- David Masterson
