Re: [Orgmode] how to express relative path for grandparent folder?
Nick Dokos wrote: > goodh...@gmail.com wrote: > > > no, it is not working. > > Since my grandparent folder is out of home folder(~) > > > > Any one know it? > > > > Thanks > > > > Manish wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:55 PM, goodh...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > >> I tried ../.., does not work. ../ works for parents folder. > > >> ../.. does not work, because emacs or "setq org-agenda-files (list"? how > > >> to > > >> correct it. > > >> (setq org-agenda-files (list "../../Plans/PhD.org" > > >> "../../Plans/Others.org" > > >> )) > > >> > > >> > > > > > > Does variable org-directory help? > > > > > > > > What exactly is not working? The main problem with ../../Plans/etc is > that it's a relative pathname: *it depends on your current working > directory (CWD)*, so whether the agenda files can be found will depend > on what your CWD is - a rather undesirable state of affairs. > > If you want to *initialize* the agenda files list, you can do something > like this in your .emacs: > > (setq org-agenda-files (mapcar (function expand-file-name) (list > "../../Plans/PhD.org" etc))) > > expand-file-name will convert the relative path names to absolute path names, > so they can be found later on no matter what your CWD is. > > Does this help? > It doesn't - although the diagnosis is correct, the cure is not: the pathnames are expanded relative to the directory where emacs is started. So the only way is to use absolute path names (which is what you did by prefixing them with ~ - they are now relative to a fixed place, rather than to a floating one). Sorry about that. Nick ___ 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
Re: [Orgmode] how to express relative path for grandparent folder?
I solved it. but do not ask me why. (setq org-agenda-files (list "~/../../Plans/PhD.org" "~/../../Plans/Others.org" I add ~/ and restart emacs, which make it work, although ../ works for parent folder without ~/ Jack Manish wrote: On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:55 PM, goodh...@gmail.com wrote: I tried ../.., does not work. ../ works for parents folder. ../.. does not work, because emacs or "setq org-agenda-files (list"? how to correct it. (setq org-agenda-files (list "../../Plans/PhD.org" "../../Plans/Others.org" )) Does variable org-directory help? ___ 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
Re: [Orgmode] how to express relative path for grandparent folder?
goodh...@gmail.com wrote: > no, it is not working. > Since my grandparent folder is out of home folder(~) > > Any one know it? > > Thanks > > Manish wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:55 PM, goodh...@gmail.com wrote: > > > >> I tried ../.., does not work. ../ works for parents folder. > >> ../.. does not work, because emacs or "setq org-agenda-files (list"? how to > >> correct it. > >> (setq org-agenda-files (list "../../Plans/PhD.org" > >> "../../Plans/Others.org" > >> )) > >> > >> > > > > Does variable org-directory help? > > > > What exactly is not working? The main problem with ../../Plans/etc is that it's a relative pathname: *it depends on your current working directory (CWD)*, so whether the agenda files can be found will depend on what your CWD is - a rather undesirable state of affairs. If you want to *initialize* the agenda files list, you can do something like this in your .emacs: (setq org-agenda-files (mapcar (function expand-file-name) (list "../../Plans/PhD.org" etc))) expand-file-name will convert the relative path names to absolute path names, so they can be found later on no matter what your CWD is. Does this help? Nick ___ 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
Re: [Orgmode] how to express relative path for grandparent folder?
no, it is not working. Since my grandparent folder is out of home folder(~) Any one know it? Thanks Manish wrote: On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:55 PM, goodh...@gmail.com wrote: I tried ../.., does not work. ../ works for parents folder. ../.. does not work, because emacs or "setq org-agenda-files (list"? how to correct it. (setq org-agenda-files (list "../../Plans/PhD.org" "../../Plans/Others.org" )) Does variable org-directory help? ___ 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
Re: [Orgmode] how to express relative path for grandparent folder?
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:55 PM, goodh...@gmail.com wrote: > I tried ../.., does not work. ../ works for parents folder. > ../.. does not work, because emacs or "setq org-agenda-files (list"? how to > correct it. > (setq org-agenda-files (list "../../Plans/PhD.org" > "../../Plans/Others.org" > )) > Does variable org-directory help? -- 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
[Orgmode] how to express relative path for grandparent folder?
I tried ../.., does not work. ../ works for parents folder. ../.. does not work, because emacs or "setq org-agenda-files (list"? how to correct it. (setq org-agenda-files (list "../../Plans/PhD.org" "../../Plans/Others.org" )) PS, i am trying to make it portable. Thanks ___ 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
