Thanks for this. Added it to my settings for now =) /Gustav
2011/8/2 Matt Lundin <m...@imapmail.org> > Gustav Wikström <gustav.e...@gmail.com> writes: > > > However I think it also is nice to also be able to use custom names to > > attachment folders. And it would be nice be able to use some logic with > > this, like automatically setting the folder name to the same as the > > heading it's attached to. And to allow properties on a file/heading/ > > sub-tree basis which defines the base-path to where attachments to that > > particular file/heading/sub-tree should reside on the system, relative > > or non-relative. This would allow for more atomic solutions if i'm > > writing a document on the side of my main setup and want to add some > > attachments in the same path. > > > > But still, it is a really nice feature to have control over the > > attachments. So from my point of view it seems sound to try to reason > > about different solutions to this or at least keep it in mind for > > future functionality. > > One possibility is to advise the function org-attach-dir to call > org-attach-set-directory (and, optionally, org-attach-set-inherit) if > the entry does not already have an ATTACH_DIR property: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > (defadvice org-attach-dir (before my-org-attach-set-dir-before-attach > activate) > "Prompt for attachment directory (thus preempting org-get-id)." > (unless (org-entry-get nil "ATTACH_DIR" 'inherit) > (org-attach-set-directory))) > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > This allows one to enter the name of the directory *before* org attaches > the file. This is the way I use org-attach, as I prefer human-readable > directories to UUIDs. > > Best, > Matt >
