[PATCH] Change the default value of org-attach-store-link-p to 'attached

[Ihor Radchenko]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:

>> Feel free to propose a patch for this and the suggested switch, we can
>> apply it after Org 9.4.
>
> I will add it to my todo list. This should be lower priority than org-fold.el

See the attached patch.

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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 16:20:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] org-attach-store-link-p: Change default value to 'attached

* lisp/org-attach.el (org-attach-store-link-p): Change the default
value.
* etc/ORG-NEWS (The default value of ~org-attach-store-link-p~ is now
~attached~): Announce the change.
---
 etc/ORG-NEWS       | 5 +++++
 lisp/org-attach.el | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index 847ddf614..ea456c67b 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ The change is breaking when ~org-use-property-inheritance~ 
is set to ~t~.
 
 The =TEST= parameter is better served by Emacs debugging tools.
 ** New and changed options
+*** The default value of ~org-attach-store-link-p~ is now ~attached~
+
+Now, after attaching a file, =[[attach:...]]= link to the attached file
+is stored.  It can later be inserted using =M-x org-insert-link=.
+
 *** New option ~org-fast-tag-selection-maximum-tags~
 
 You can now limit the total number of tags displayed in the fast tag
diff --git a/lisp/org-attach.el b/lisp/org-attach.el
index 58bfcf9ba..81ce9a73c 100644
--- a/lisp/org-attach.el
+++ b/lisp/org-attach.el
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ (defcustom org-attach-use-inheritance 'selective
          (const :tag "Inherit parent node attachments" t)
          (const :tag "Respect org-use-property-inheritance" selective)))
 
-(defcustom org-attach-store-link-p nil
+(defcustom org-attach-store-link-p 'attached
   "Non-nil means store a link to a file when attaching it.
 When t, store the link to original file location.
 When `file', store link to the attached file location.
-- 
2.43.0

-- 
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