On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Austin Frank wrote: > As always, thanks so much for the hard work! And also to John! > > On Sun, Oct 05 2008, Carsten Dominik wrote: > >> New attachment system >> --------------------- >> >> You can now attach files to each node in the outline tree. This >> works by creating special directories based on the ID of an entry, >> and storing files in these directories. Org can keep track of >> changes to the attachments by automatically committing changes to >> git. See the manual for more information. >> >> Thanks to John Wiegley who contributed this fantastic new concept >> and wrote org-attach.el to implement it. > > Well! My curiosity's certainly piqued, but I confess that I don't quite > get the applications here. Any chance Carsten or John would be willing > to let us know how they're using this?
Let me take a stab at it. 1. Create a test file. test.org 2. Add a task to it. 3. Do `C-c C-a' while on the task. 4. Press `a' from the launcher menu to add an attachment. 5. Select a file to be attached to it (somewhere in a subdirectory named data where org files are contained (careful, it will /move/ the file, not copy it.) 6. Attach another file to it using #3-5 (or use `c'.) 7. Press `C-c C-a' followed by `o' to open an attachment from the options. I am sure there's more to it but this was enough for me to be convinced of it's utility. I just wish that: 1. it copied attachemnts instead of moving them (may be an option), and 2. there was another option to archive the attachment directory from the launcher menu itself (a `Z' for zip, just like there is `D' for deletion.) > > Also, the synopsis above and the manual both mention git integration, > but I don't understand what exactly is done. It sounds like if the org > file lives in a directory that is a git repo, any additions or changes > to the files in the auto-generated data/ subdirectory are automatically > committed? Is this the right idea? What does the synchronize command > do if the directory isn't a git repo? If the directory where attchments are kept/maintained (not the Org files themselves) is turned into a git repo, then org-attach.el will automatically commit changes to it. > > I am thrilled to see a move towards some nice defaults for org and git > integration. I see that in org-attach.el you're using shell-command to > call git directly. If you don't mind, may I ask if you considered using > git.el that is distributed with git (in contrib/emacs/), or even magit > (http://zagadka.vm.bytemark.co.uk/magit/)? I am not sure but I think git.el and magit.el etc. make it easier for the end-user to interact with git but org-attach.el just needs to execute add and commit on the git repo so an additional dependency can be avoided. As always, thank you Carsten and John for the amazing amazing software. -- Manish _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
