Re: [O] refile and link

2012-02-01 Thread John Hendy
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Skip Collins skip.coll...@gmail.com wrote:
 I would like to have a quick way to refile subtrees in another file
 while creating a link to the new location. In my use case, I keep a
 comprehensive list of projects in Projects.org. Each top level
 headline is the title of a project. Some projects details (TODOs,
 notes, etc.) may be included under the headline. A project may grow to
 the point that I want to manage it within a separate org file. In this
 case it would be fantastic to have a quick refile command that leaves
 behind the original headline and a link to the new location. Does this
 make sense? Maybe I should be using agendas to accomplish what I want.
 But keeping a canonical list of projects in a single file seems like
 the right thing to do.


Makes sense and seems really neat. This could even be used to fulfill
a suggested organization structure from the orgmode FAQ:

,- 
(http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#how-to-organize-org-mode-files):-
| Should I use one big org file or multiple files?
| [...]
| Here are a few ideas for organizing org-mode files:
| [...]
| - A wiki of hyperlinked files that grows and adapts to meet your needs.
`-

I hope you get a solution!


John


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 skip collins




Re: [O] refile and link

2012-02-01 Thread Skip Collins
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:25 AM, John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com wrote:
 | - A wiki of hyperlinked files that grows and adapts to meet your needs.

After I sent my request, it occurred to me that the envisioned refile
command could create two links, one in the original file pointing to
the destination, the other in the destination file pointing to the
original.



Re: [O] refile and link

2012-02-01 Thread John Hendy
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Skip Collins skip.coll...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:25 AM, John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com wrote:
 | - A wiki of hyperlinked files that grows and adapts to meet your needs.

 After I sent my request, it occurred to me that the envisioned refile
 command could create two links, one in the original file pointing to
 the destination, the other in the destination file pointing to the
 original.

Indeed -- that would be slick. I wish my elisp-fu was strong, or even existent.



[O] refile and link

2012-01-31 Thread Skip Collins
I would like to have a quick way to refile subtrees in another file
while creating a link to the new location. In my use case, I keep a
comprehensive list of projects in Projects.org. Each top level
headline is the title of a project. Some projects details (TODOs,
notes, etc.) may be included under the headline. A project may grow to
the point that I want to manage it within a separate org file. In this
case it would be fantastic to have a quick refile command that leaves
behind the original headline and a link to the new location. Does this
make sense? Maybe I should be using agendas to accomplish what I want.
But keeping a canonical list of projects in a single file seems like
the right thing to do.

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skip collins