Re: [Orgmode] Re: org-refile bug

[Carsten Dominik]

I applied your patch, thanks.

I am not sure if I understand you correctly, but there *is*
completion support at that prompt.

- Carsten

On Mar 19, 2010, at 3:19 AM, Jason Dunsmore wrote:

> Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > I think your analysis is correct.  The bookmark-set function is  
> > always
> > called *after* the note has been inserted at the target location.  So
> > even if it fails, the note should not disappear.
> >
> > Without a reproducible test case, it is difficult to do more here.
>
> I was mistaken.  It doesn't have to do with the bookmark function.  It
> looks like org-refile-get-location was failing to handle the case  
> where
> the refile entry was invalid.  I was used to typing just the header  
> name
> at the refile prompt and I didn't realize the file name was in
> parenthesis.
>
> Here is a quick fix to prevent the entry from being lost:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
> index 4876173..feb13db 100644
> --- a/lisp/org.el
> +++ b/lisp/org.el
> @@ -9481,15 +9481,17 @@ See also `org-refile-use-outline-path' and  
> `org-completion
>            (if (equal (car org-refile-history) (nth 1 org-refile- 
> history))
>                (pop org-refile-history)))
>          pa)
> -      (when (string-match "\\`\\(.*\\)/\\([^/]+\\)\\'" answ)
> -       (setq parent (match-string 1 answ)
> -             child (match-string 2 answ))
> -       (setq parent-target (or (assoc parent tbl) (assoc (concat  
> parent "/") tbl)
> -       (when (and parent-target
> -                  (or (eq new-nodes t)
> -                      (and (eq new-nodes 'confirm)
> -                           (y-or-n-p (format "Create new node \"%s 
> \"? " child))))
> -         (org-refile-new-child parent-target child))))))
> +      (if (string-match "\\`\\(.*\\)/\\([^/]+\\)\\'" answ)
> +         (progn
> +           (setq parent (match-string 1 answ)
> +                 child (match-string 2 answ))
> +           (setq parent-target (or (assoc parent tbl) (assoc  
> (concat parent "/")
> +           (when (and parent-target
> +                      (or (eq new-nodes t)
> +                          (and (eq new-nodes 'confirm)
> +                               (y-or-n-p (format "Create new node  
> \"%s\"? " child
> +             (org-refile-new-child parent-target child)))
> +       (error "Invalid location.")))))
>
> (defun org-refile-new-child (parent-target child)
>   "Use refile target PARENT-TARGET to add new CHILD below it."
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> A better solution would be to do a tab completion when trying to enter
> an invalid entry, but this is beyond my current knowledge of elisp.
>
> Regards,
> Jason

- Carsten