Re: Can I "multi-include" a subtree?

[Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>]

p.s. presumably the agenda would in some cases want to distinguish
canonical [in the place whwere ther data will be saved] from
non-canonical.

also presumably a few traversing commands would want to recognize such
regions in order tonot follow non-canonical, or to look for infinite
looping, etc.

presumably org-id is the best solution for keeping track of which
files have or need virtual regions.  basically an underneath layer of
org-id [but maybe not limited to entries] that the user does not
interact with.

On 5/2/20, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
> stating the obvious: org typically stores a forest [files] of trees of
> nodes.  some things you want to put into it are best expressed more
> generally than with trees.  i call it [boring name] the tree problem.
>
> there are a bunch of existing sort-of solutions, but to me the best is
> linking [as you mentioned], using org-id.  although that only links to
> entries, and it requires following links.  one entry becomes
> canonical.  you have to set metadata for the linking node.
>
> there are solutions not implemented that could be better that have
> been talked about on the mailng list, but they still have the issues
> of following links or other issues.
>
> duplication is out the window because dry.
>
> what you seem to want seems to require a feature in emacs in which you
> have virtual includable regions.  this can be done to a large degree
> at the buffer level, but not at the region level.
>
> that would open up some interesting possibilities, maybe including
> inline multi-mode stuff.  and it would fix your problem.  you could
> maybe color the one that is in the file itself differently, or keep
> all looking equal status to the user.
>
> i think there has been discussion on the mailing list and probalby on
> emacs-devel recently about an idea similar to this.  it migth be teh
> same as what you want.  not sure.
>
> it goes by a different name.  smoevbody will chime in i hope.
>
> On 5/2/20, David Rogers <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there a method I can use to include the same subtree in several
>> different
>> files, such that editing one instance of that subtree updates the others
>> automatically? I'm hoping to be able to view the full version of the
>> subtree
>> in each of the files, without having to follow a link; if what I'm
>> describing isn't really possible, then I'll just use links in the other
>> files to point to the original subtree, which I know how to do. I'm just
>> exploring the sometimes-unexpected possibilities. :)
>>
>> --
>> Thanks
>> David
>>
>>
>
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