Re: [O] Feature Request: Per-file attachment directories
Daniel, On 9/24/2012 10:57 AM, Daniel E. Doherty wrote: Org Mode-erists: I like the attachment facility of Org for organizing external files related to a project, but it seems to lack an obvious feature. I use a separate org file for each major project, which in my case are law suits. I would like to have a custom attachment directory specified at the top of the file for all attachments related to the project, have it inherited by all headings, and be able to specify a custom directory for a heading relative to that file-wide attachment directory. I have tried this: #+PROPERTY: :ATTACH_DIR_INHERIT: t #+PROPERTY: :ATTACH_DIR: ~/cases/Client Name/Case Name/ but it does not work. When I C-c C-a f to open up the attachment directory on a headline, it gives me an ID-based directory in the data directory instead of the file-wide default. Also, when I C-c C-a s to set a custom attachment directory, it defaults to my org directory. Using the data directory would be fine if I only wanted to access files through Org Mode (and perhaps I should), but I occassionaly have to open a file from outside emacs (say, a spreadsheet from excel on a Windows machine) and finding the file in the ID-based heirarchy is tough. How hard would this be to implement? With this, I can thing of my org-mode file as a kind of annotated dired for a project. Regards, The following does not answer you request or question, but like you I use Org Mode for legal work (I'm a freelance paralegal). Have you thought about working entirely in Org Mode, including spreadsheets and then exporting. For instance Jambunathan's odt export. Or you can copy a region into a your preferred office suite's word processor, spreadsheet,etc. Charlie Millar
Re: [O] Feature Request: Per-file attachment directories
Daniel E. Doherty ded-...@ddoherty.net wrote: Org Mode-erists: I like the attachment facility of Org for organizing external files related to a project, but it seems to lack an obvious feature. I use a separate org file for each major project, which in my case are law suits. I would like to have a custom attachment directory specified at the top of the file for all attachments related to the project, have it inherited by all headings, and be able to specify a custom directory for a heading relative to that file-wide attachment directory. I have tried this: #+PROPERTY: :ATTACH_DIR_INHERIT: t #+PROPERTY: :ATTACH_DIR: ~/cases/Client Name/Case Name/ but it does not work. When I C-c C-a f to open up the attachment directory on a headline, it gives me an ID-based directory in the data directory instead of the file-wide default. Try losing the colons around the property names - the following seems to work OK (modulo the possible problem of filenames starting with . - I had to rename .emacs - dot.emacs for it to work): , | #+PROPERTY: ATTACH_DIR ./attachments | | | * bar :ATTACH: | :PROPERTIES: | :Attachments: dot.emacs | :END: | | Make an attachment. ` Nick Also, when I C-c C-a s to set a custom attachment directory, it defaults to my org directory. Using the data directory would be fine if I only wanted to access files through Org Mode (and perhaps I should), but I occassionaly have to open a file from outside emacs (say, a spreadsheet from excel on a Windows machine) and finding the file in the ID-based heirarchy is tough. How hard would this be to implement? With this, I can thing of my org-mode file as a kind of annotated dired for a project. Regards, -- Daniel E. Doherty ded-...@ddoherty.net
Re: [O] Feature Request: Per-file attachment directories
Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote: Daniel E. Doherty ded-...@ddoherty.net wrote: Org Mode-erists: I like the attachment facility of Org for organizing external files related to a project, but it seems to lack an obvious feature. I use a separate org file for each major project, which in my case are law suits. I would like to have a custom attachment directory specified at the top of the file for all attachments related to the project, have it inherited by all headings, and be able to specify a custom directory for a heading relative to that file-wide attachment directory. I have tried this: #+PROPERTY: :ATTACH_DIR_INHERIT: t #+PROPERTY: :ATTACH_DIR: ~/cases/Client Name/Case Name/ One more thing: I have no idea if spaces in the pathname are going to be a problem. A cursory test indicates that it's probably OK: (org-entry-get nil ATTACH-DIR) returns the whole pathname, spaces and everything. But if things break, that's one thing that you might want to change before giving up. Nick but it does not work. When I C-c C-a f to open up the attachment directory on a headline, it gives me an ID-based directory in the data directory instead of the file-wide default. Try losing the colons around the property names - the following seems to work OK (modulo the possible problem of filenames starting with . - I had to rename .emacs - dot.emacs for it to work): , | #+PROPERTY: ATTACH_DIR ./attachments | | | * bar :ATTACH: | :PROPERTIES: | :Attachments: dot.emacs | :END: | | Make an attachment. ` Nick Also, when I C-c C-a s to set a custom attachment directory, it defaults to my org directory. Using the data directory would be fine if I only wanted to access files through Org Mode (and perhaps I should), but I occassionaly have to open a file from outside emacs (say, a spreadsheet from excel on a Windows machine) and finding the file in the ID-based heirarchy is tough. How hard would this be to implement? With this, I can thing of my org-mode file as a kind of annotated dired for a project. Regards, -- Daniel E. Doherty ded-...@ddoherty.net
