See the variable org-agenda-text-search-extra-files. It seems to be exactly what you want.
-- Darlan Cavalcante At Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:16:49 -0400, Marvin Doyley <marvin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi there, > > Does anybody now how to search the content of a linked file ? I have a > master file that is included in org-agenda file list. This file contains > links to other research project related org files. Unfortunately, is seems > that only way to search the content of the link file is to include it in > the agenda file list, ideally I prefer not to do this. > > To illustrate the problem, lets say I have a file myfile.org, which is > included in the list of org agenda files. > > myfile.org contains the following > > * Apples > * Pears > * [[file:~/test.org][Farmers]] > > Similarly, test.org contains > > * Jack > - Cheapest supplier of Apples > - Deliver > * Joe > - Pear supplies and other vegetables > * Bill > - Potential supplier > > > Lets say I want to do a keyword search for vegetables, I would hit C-a s. > The problem is that unless I include test.org in the agenda file list, it > doesn't work. > > > I appreciate any help or suggestion. > > Cheers > M
