(helm-org-agenda-files-headings) seems to do this already for all headlines in your agenda files. the third action is to insert a link to the selected headline.
You can use let to temporarily define the org-agenda-files list to what you want, and just use the (helm-org-agenda-files-headings) command for non-agenda files. e.g. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun insert-heading-link (dir) "select a headline from org-files in dir and insert a link to it." (interactive (list (read-directory-name "Directory: "))) (let ((org-agenda-files (f-entries dir (lambda (f) (string= "org" (file-name-extension f))) t))) (helm-org-agenda-files-headings))) #+END_SRC gives me a helm buffer to select headlines from org-files in the directory I select and when I press f3 (for the third action), it inserts a link to the selected headline. It does the file finding recursively, so you might not want to run this on / ;) You could bind it to a key for easy use. Xebar Saram writes: > Thx so much Bernhard > > this looks really promising. i never had luck with either company or > auto-complete t o get it to work reliably (it often stops working even > though its still in the mod bar). > anyway i tried it and added this to my config (after cloning from git): > > (add-to-list 'load-path "/home/zeltak/.emacs.g/company-org-headings") > (add-hook 'org-mode-hook > (lambda () (set (make-local-variable 'company-backends) > '((company-org-headings))))) > > i dont see it completes on org heading, is there any keys i need to press > or anything else in need to config? does this work only when you try to > insert a link? > > best and thx so much, this look awesome > > P.S have you considered Helm for this as well? > > best > > Z > > > > On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Bernhard Pröll <bmutbuer...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Saram, >> >> I've been in the same boat and decided to write a company-backend for >> this purpose. So if you're already using company-mode, this may be worth >> looking into: >> >> https://github.com/mutbuerger/company-org-headings >> >> Keep in mind that I'm in the process of learning Elisp and >> there has been little to no testing done on the package. Furthermore it >> uses org-store-link instead of org-id-store-link. >> >> Regards, >> Bernhard Pröll >> >> >> On Fri, 31. Jul 09:43, Xebar Saram wrote: >> >>> i also have a similar workflow and would love to hear Dominic if you >>> found a >>> solution for this or if anyone on the list has other suggestions? >>> >>> best >>> >>> Z >>> >>> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Dominic Surano <sk8ing...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I use org-mode a lot like a wiki so links to other org-mode headings >>> are >>> very common. Currently, I navigate to the heading or pull it up in an >>> agenda view, store the link with C-l, going back to where I want to >>> insert the link, then insert the link with C-c C-l RET. This is a bit >>> time consuming. >>> >>> Instead, I would prefer to map a key that allows me to insert a link at >>> the current point using tab completion similar to org-refile (C-c C-w). >>> Looking through org-id.el, it seems like org-id-get-with-outline-path >>> completion was designed for this purpose. I tried: >>> >>> (global-set-key "\C-ci" (lambda () (interactive) (org-id-get-with >>> outline-path-completion))) >>> >>> but it didn't work as intended. Anyone have any ideas? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> -D >>> >>> For reference, I have the following set in my configuration: >>> >>> ;; Use global IDs >>> (require 'org-id) >>> (setq org-id-link-to-org-use-id t) >>> >>> ;; Update ID file .org-id-locations on startup >>> (org-id-update-id-locations) >>> >>> ;; Targets include this file and any file contributing to the agenda - >>> up to 9 levels deep >>> (setq org-refile-targets (quote ((nil :maxlevel . 9) >>> (org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 9)))) >>> (setq org-refile-use-outline-path 'file) >>> (setq org-outline-path-complete-in-steps t) >>> (setq org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes t) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu