Re: [Orgmode] [ANN] org-fstree 0.2

[Carsten Dominik]

On Apr 1, 2009, at 3:12 AM, Andreas Burtzlaff wrote:

> Hello Alan,
>
> I think you overlooked one aspect of org-fstree.
> If you place a link to a file in the org file (outside the region
> between BEGIN_FSTREE and END_FSTREE), e.g:
>
> * Some note [[file:foobar][foobar]]      :someTag:
>
> then this heading will show up behind the file in the fstree as a link
> back:
>
> #+BEGIN_FSTREE: some_path
>
> ...
> ** [ ] foobar { [[* Some note][Some note]] }     :someTag:
> ...
>
> #+END_FSTREE
>
> I see that it could in some cases be comfortable to add notes directly
> at the file's entry and make them persistent on update. I might  
> write a
> function that automatically inserts a heading for the currently  
> selected
> file outside the fstree block, if time allows.
>
> I'm looking for a better way to display those links and possibly also
> the content of the headings and am happy to receive new ideas. I  
> tried the
> column view, but properties that contain links are displayed as text.

But you can nonetheless open them with C-c C-o when on the right field.

- Carsten

> Andreas
>
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:48:37 +1000
> "Alan E. Davis" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Together with the ability to limit the recursions, this is  
> > potentially
> > useful.  Thank you.
> >
> > A longstanding item on my wishlist has been a Linux implementation of
> > an old MSDOG workalike, 4DOS with the 4dos shell.  That shell worked
> > alot like "dir" but it kept a field for comments.  So, with those
> > useless msdog 8+3 filenames, one could keep a note, and keep track of
> > ...  Maybe you can get it.
> >
> > DIred is pretty good, but I haven't found anything yet to do what I
> > would like.  I just tried typing notes into the org-fstree buffer  
> > of a
> > directory listing.  It was pretty nice, not what I want exactly, but
> > it could be useful in some cases.
> >
> > Except for at least one thing: refreshing the directory deleted my
> > notes.  For example:
> >
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/org-help][org-help]]
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/ARCHIVE][ARCHIVE]]
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/orgcard][orgcard]]     Hmmm..?????
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/Journal][Journal]]     ???
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/plotting][plotting]]    my experiments
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/LaTeX][LaTeX]]
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/Classes][Classes]]     Working  
> > directory maybe
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/MEMO][MEMO]]        location of memo
> > composition bits
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/data][data]]        attachments
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/auto][auto]]
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/org-extra][org-extra]]   better to keep
> > the extra bits here for portability?
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/org-plot][org-plot]]    gnuplot and R
> > plotting, I think
> >
> >
> > Now when I refresh:
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/Classes][Classes]]
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/MEMO][MEMO]]
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/data][data]]
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/auto][auto]]
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/org-extra][org-extra]]
> > *** [D] [[file:/home/ulod/org/org-plot][org-plot]]
> >
> > Do you suppose this could be solved easily?
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Alan Davis
> >
> > "An inviscid theory of flow renders the screw useless, but the need
> > for one non-existent."                     ---Lord Raleigh (John
> > William Strutt), or else his son, who was also a scientist.
> >
> > It is undesirable to believe a proposition when
> > there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
> >     ---- Bertrand Russell
>
>
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