Another possible way to do it might be to create a wrapper around org-goto with alternative interface where you set org-goto-max-level to 1. I've been using org-goto (alt. interface) with ido mode for a while, and it's great (although I haven't tried restricting headlines to just the top level).
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Jude DaShiell <jdash...@shellworld.net> wrote: > Another possible idea may be to write project titles in bold while on > headlines. That way all you need search for is the beginning of a line > followed by a single * followed by a blank followed by the opening mark > for bolding and if this is only done with project titles you got yourself > an index.On Sat, 4 Feb 2012, Marc-Oliver Ihm wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have one big org-file for a lot of smaller projects, >> each of them represented by a toplevel item. >> >> And I have difficulties finding them quickly: >> In most cases I know a buzzword from the headline; >> however, if I do a search-forward I normally find >> some other text within the body of an unrelated project >> further above in the file; and only after several >> repetitions of search I find the toplevel heading >> (i.e. the project) I was looking for. >> >> To make it easier to search only among toplevel headings >> (i.e. among the the titles of my projects), >> I wrote this small piece of elisp, >> which lives in my initialization-file (e.g. .emacs): >> >> (define-key org-mode-map >> [(f11)] >> (lambda () (interactive) >> (progn >> (occur (concat "^\\* .*" >> (read-from-minibuffer >> "Occur for toplevel headlines containing: ")) >> nil) >> (pop-to-buffer "*Occur*") >> (use-local-map (copy-keymap (current-local-map))) >> (local-set-key (kbd "RET") >> (lambda () (interactive) >> (progn >> (occur-mode-goto-occurrence) >> (delete-other-windows))))))) >> >> >> To find a project I just press f11 (please choose your own key) and >> enter a keyword to do an occur for this keyword. Normally several toplevel >> headings are found and the right one is chosen by typing return. >> >> I hope, that someone might find this useful too. >> >> with kind regards, Marc-Oliver Ihm >> >> >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net> > <http://www.shellworld.net/~jdashiel/nj.html> > >
