links in org mode

links in org mode

[Alain Muls]

Hi emacs,

In org-mode I insert links to local files using C-cC-l. I am used to TAB 
to get completion of the path, but this does not work. Is it possible to 
use TAB completion for these links?


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Re: links in org mode

[Dmitry Dzhus]

Alain Muls wrote:
> Hi emacs,
>
> In org-mode I insert links to local files using C-cC-l. I am used to
> TAB to get completion of the path, but this does not work. Is it
> possible to use TAB completion for these links?

Do you enter `file:` prefix for file link?
C-c C-l file: RET should give you filename prompt with completion.
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Re: links in org mode

[Bastien]

Hi Alain,

Alain Muls <alain.muls@telenet.be> writes:

> In org-mode I insert links to local files using C-cC-l. I am used to TAB
> to get completion of the path, but this does not work. Is it possible to
> use TAB completion for these links?

This makes sense.  I have pushed a change for this, it is available for
latest versions of Org-mode from git (http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git).

Here is the log:

,----
| Also use TAB for completion with org-insert-link.
| 
| Before this patch the completion mechanism was this: TAB let's you
| complete through link prefixes (gnus: file: bbdb: ...) then RET allows
| completion if a completion mechanism is available for the chosen prefix.
| Navigating through the history of stored links was a separate process,
| available through the up/down M-n/M-p keys.
| 
| Now TAB not only completes through link prefixes but also through stored
| links.  This behavior matches other Emacs completion mechanisms a bit
| more closely.
`----

This feature is in the development version of Org and is subject to
change.  I'm just doing temporary maintainance, Carsten has the last
word on these "enhancements".

Best,

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 Bastien

Re: links in org mode

[Bastien]

Dmitry Dzhus <dima@sphinx.net.ru> writes:

> Alain Muls wrote:
>> Hi emacs,
>>
>> In org-mode I insert links to local files using C-cC-l. I am used to
>> TAB to get completion of the path, but this does not work. Is it
>> possible to use TAB completion for these links?
>
> Do you enter `file:` prefix for file link?
> C-c C-l file: RET should give you filename prompt with completion.

Now TAB also knows about stored links, the RET function is still here.

-- 
 Bastien

Re: links in org mode

[Alain Muls]

help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org said the following on 20/07/09 04:40:
 > Message: 4 Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:08:39 +0400 From: Dmitry Dzhus > 
 > <dima@sphinx.net.ru> Subject: Re: links in org mode To: 
help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Message-ID: <87fxcs38iw.fsf@sphinx.net.ru> > 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Alain Muls wrote:
 > > Hi emacs,
 > >
 > > In org-mode I insert links to local files using C-cC-l. I am used to
 > > TAB to get completion of the path, but this does not work. Is it
 > > possible to use TAB completion for these links?

 > Do you enter `file:` prefix for file link?
 >  C-c C-l file: RET should give you filename prompt with completion.

Hi,

After C-cC-l RET I get a prompt but not for file completioin, but for 
entering the description. The entry in the org file I get is then:

[[file:][description]]

Tx/Alain



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Re: links in org mode

[Bastien]

Hi Alain,

did you get my previous reply about this?  Please test the latest Org
and report if it behaves like you want.

Alain Muls <alain.muls@telenet.be> writes:

> After C-cC-l RET I get a prompt but not for file completioin, but for
> entering the description. 

I guess Dimitry was referring to the RET that you can hit when you have
already completed through prefixes with C-c C-l TAB.  

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