Re: Inserting org-mode heading links the org-refile way

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>]

> This looks impressive, and is *similar* to the effect I am going for, but
> what I am looking at is intercepting the `org-insert-link` functionality
> (or replacing it) with the ability to insert a link from the global
> filter-and-select interface via ivy for `org-refile`. So, in other words,
> global access to the (say 3 levels down) headings and files available
> through the ivy interface (which further allows me to filter that down).

I feel that I am missing something. Probably, because I am not using
ivy. For helm (which I am using), org-refile-get-location provides
filter-and-select interface automatically. So, I can get on-the-fly
filtering for id: link automatically. I just type `C-c C-l id: RET` and 
filter the candidates just like in org-refile. Do you need to call some
special function to use ivy with org-refile? If so, just replace
org-refile-get-location in my code with your ivy version. If you want to
go straight into inserting the link without a need to type `C-c C-l id:
RET`, you may just bind (insert "[[" (org-id-link-complete) "]]") to key
binding of your choice.

Best,
Ihor



Daryl Manning <dwm+orgmode@wakatara.com> writes:

> This looks impressive, and is *similar* to the effect I am going for, but
> what I am looking at is intercepting the `org-insert-link` functionality
> (or replacing it) with the ability to insert a link from the global
> filter-and-select interface via ivy for `org-refile`. So, in other words,
> global access to the (say 3 levels down) headings and files available
> through the ivy interface (which further allows me to filter that down).
>
> This would give me the ability to arbitrarily add links across all files
> (and particularly handy with org-contact for adding in links in cal entries
> for meetings).  Since the viy interface seems to work fine for refiling
> tasks (except for initial load of refile targets), it seems it'd be
> sufficiently performant.
>
> Daryl.
>
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 1:14 PM Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If I understand you correctly, the following code should achieve what
>> you want. The code reuses org-refile interface to complete id: links.
>>
>> (defun org-id-prompt-id ()
>>   "Prompt for the id during completion of id: link."
>>   (let ((org-refile-history nil)
>>         (org-refile-cache nil)
>>         (org-refile-target-verify-function nil))
>>     (let ((prompt-ans (org-refile-get-location "Select org entry")))
>>       (prog1
>>           (or (org-id-get (seq-find #'markerp
>>                                     prompt-ans)
>>                           'create)
>>               (user-error "Cannot find ID of the entry: %s" prompt-ans))
>>         (setq org-id-history org-refile-history)
>>         (setq org-id-cache org-refile-cache)))))
>>
>>
>> (defun org-id-link-complete (&optional arg)
>>   "Completion function for id: link."
>>   (let* ((id (org-id-prompt-id)))
>>     (format "id:%s" id)))
>>
>> (defun org-id-link-desk (link desk)
>>   "Description function for id: link."
>>   (or desk
>>       (let ((id (cadr (split-string link ":"))))
>>         (org-with-point-at (org-id-find id 'marker)
>>           (org-get-heading 'strip 'all 'the 'extra)))))
>>
>> (org-link-set-parameters "id"
>>                          :complete #'org-id-link-complete
>>                          :desk #'org-id-link-desk)
>>
>>
>>
>> Daryl Manning <dwm+orgmode@wakatara.com> writes:
>>
>> > I use ivy and org-refile to process my inbox.org file hyper-efficiently
>> and
>> > get things into my GTD system.
>> >
>> > In a recent discussion on org-roam (which nicely links to files in a nice
>> > wiki-like manner) it occurred to me if I had a similar interface to
>> search
>> > for headlines in the manner of org-refile and then insert them
>> effortlessly
>> > without having to switch to a doc and copy/store them and then switching
>> > back to my doc and inserting them, I'd be a happy camper.
>> >
>> > Is there a package/functions that does/do that in some fashion (say
>> > configurable to avoid link sprawl so say, like 3 heading levels down and
>> to
>> > files in specific directories like deft). Googling did not give joy,
>> though
>> > I noticed someone had used a similar approach for addressing link
>> *within*
>> > a document, but not quite there (swiper and worf combo and an ivy-org-ref
>> > package looked interesting).
>> >
>> > (I always worry when I post these questions that someone is going to just
>> > say "but did you not know about M-x org-insert-link-like-ivy-with-refile"
>> > so go gentle on me if I've missed something obvious. It seems I often do.
>> > This weekend in particular I've added on a whole bunch of small but in
>> the
>> > aggregate, large productivity improvements to my emacs setup which I
>> > approached solving the wrong way until I asked and someone mentioned
>> > another way to do things, so.... ).
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> > Daryl.
>>
>> --
>> Ihor Radchenko,
>> PhD,
>> Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-nano)
>> State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong
>> University, Xi'an, China
>> Email: yantar92@gmail.com, ihor_radchenko@alumni.sutd.edu.sg
>>

-- 
Ihor Radchenko,
PhD,
Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-nano)
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Email: yantar92@gmail.com, ihor_radchenko@alumni.sutd.edu.sg