C-u C-c C-l solves all problems. Now I can link any file (PDF etc.) from anywhere within org and with tab completion. Thanks.
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Chris Henderson <henders...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Looks like org-insert-link doesn't have any tab completion feature to > list files on the > > system. How do I get that? > > > > I can tab complete file+sys: but then can't do ~/directory/file.txt > > > > Thanks. > > > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Eric Abrahamsen < > e...@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote: > > > > Chris Henderson <henders...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Is there any way to quickly add a file's location rather than > typing > > > the whole file://path/to/location. The files are mostly freemind or > > > libreoffice calc/ word files. > > > > > > If the file or the directory is not there, it can also be created > > > from within org easily. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Are these links to files? You can use `org-insert-link' with a prefix > > argument, to get the usual find-file interface, and a link inserted > once > > you've found it. > > You must have missed the "prefix argument" part of Eric's answer: C-u C-c > C-l > > -- > Nick > > >
