handle files that don't have a .org extension

[jibal]

The organice file browser only displays files with a .org extension, but there's no requirement that org files have that extension (-*- mode: org; -*- works fine in emacs). It's possible to specify a path to an arbitrary file in the browser, but organice treats a filename like .../org.txt as a directory ... usually (and then gets stuck listing it). Once in a while it opens it as an org file, but I don't know what the circumstances are. 

[munen]

Hi @jibal

Thank you for your report. You are right that Emacs can interpret files with other extensions as Org files given the correct file local variable.

There are two reasons organice does not parse other files as Org files:

1. At this point, organice only supports few in-buffer settings and no local variables.

2. Furthermore, it's a design decision to show only folders as well as '.org' and '.org_archive' files in the file browser in organice to remove potential clutter.

Remedies:

Regarding 1: Are you interested to build this file local variable as new feature?

Regarding 2: I propose a new config flag in the settings. Some people might prefer to show only .org and .org_archive files, some might chose to show all. Are you interested in building this new feature?

NB: Please take a look at https://organice.200ok.ch/documentation.html#contributing

[jibal]

I solved it for myself with a hard link to a name ending with .org (no symlinks on Dropbox/Windows). I'll have to think about contributing ... I have decades of experience with many programming languages but JavaScript isn't one of them.

[munen]

Good workaround with the hardlinks 👍 Symlinks unfortunately won't work in different scenarios (also webdav).

I'll have to think about contributing ... I have decades of experience with many programming languages but JavaScript isn't one of them.

That sounds great! JavaScript is not that hard when you have background in other languages. I'd say that's especially true when you're in a codebase with established patterns to adhere to.

If you do want to contribute, we'd be happy to help with reviews, docs and testing, of course!