Re: [ANN] org-fstree 0.2

[Andreas Burtzlaff <andy13@gmx.net>]

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.

Andreas

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:48:37 +1000
"Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com> 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
> 
> 
>