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I have several project directories with the same structure. As a result, I am often annoyed when I have to refile (C-c C-w) some sections because several buffers have the same names.
For instance, the list of targets Emacs shows me is something like:
workInProgess.org/Tasks workInProgess.org/Tasks ...
How can I configure Emacs to disambiguate these refile targets name?
A first solution solution is to define
(setq org-refile-use-outline-path 'full-file-path)
you will get full file paths, however, this can be quite long:
/home/MyHome/...long_path_here.../MyProjectA/workInProgess.org/Tasks /home/MyHome/...long_path_here.../MyProjectB/workInProgess.org/Tasks ...
and thus reduce readability.
A second solution, I prefer, is to use:
(setq org-refile-use-outline-path 'buffer-name)
in conjunction with the uniquify package.
Once configured with:
(require 'uniquify)
(setq uniquify-buffer-name-style 'post-forward-angle-brackets)
you will get (when refiling):
workInProgess.org<MyProjectA>/Tasks workInProgess.org<MyProjectB>/Tasks ...
which it the best of two worlds: short but unambiguous refile targets.
Note: to make it works with helm (M-x helm-mode) you must let Org generates all of the possible completions and present them at once thanks to:
(setq org-outline-path-complete-in-steps nil)
