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To: "Allen S. Rout" <asr@ufl.edu>
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you could do something like [[attachfile:./2004-01-13.eml]] with this
attachfile link:
https://github.com/jkitchin/scimax/blob/master/scimax-org.el#L727

It works for pdf export anyway.


Allen S. Rout writes:

> I've got a document structure I'd like to use, and I've been thinking
> about how to do it.   I thought I'd float the idea, and see if anyone
> has attempted something similar.
>
> I'm writing some prose, in which I'm referring to email messages.  In
> magical rainbow-pony land, my use case would look something like
>
> -----------
>
> Text text text blah blah relevant point, see [[ref: ./2004-01-13.eml]]
> blah blah more prose.
>
> ------------
>
> A footnote/endnote signifier would be placed in the prose at the point
> of the ref, and the contents of the file would be included in an
> appendix section.
>
> I've been searching on 'appendix', and the references seem mostly to
> talk about _formatting_ the section we deem an appendix, in the
> appropriate style.   I understand the value of this, but it's not my case.
>
> Should I just define a section, #+INCLUDE each email I care about, and
> do an internal link?  That's not awful, but it's not nearly as
> high-speed and sexy.
>
>
> - Allen S. Rout


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