Configuring the org-download save directory
🔔 NOTE: Since this was written, I’m no longer customizing Org’s attachment or download handling. I tired of changing my mind and breaking links. Everything now goes into ugly, gross UUID folders as is the default.
When I drag and drop an image into Emacs, I want the attached file to end up in ./img/YYYY/. This is how I tried configuring org-download in my setup (I use Doom Emacs):
(setq org-download-method 'directory
org-download-image-dir (concat "img/" (format-time-string "%Y") "/")
org-download-image-org-width 600
org-download-heading-lvl 1)
(setq org-download-method 'directory
org-download-image-dir (concat "img/" (format-time-string "%Y") "/")
org-download-image-org-width 600
org-download-heading-lvl 1)For some reason, org-download-method was being reset from 'directory to 'attachafter loading, and this broke things. I thought maybe I needed to set the variables _after_org-download was loaded, so I did this:
(after! org-download
(setq org-download-method 'directory
org-download-image-dir (concat "img/" (format-time-string "%Y") "/")
org-download-image-org-width 600
org-download-heading-lvl 1))That didn’t work. At startup I was seeing this error:
Error (org-mode-hook): Error running hook “org-fancy-priorities-mode” because: (void-variable org-download-image-dir)
Huh. I guess not everything can be set after org-download, so I tried only setting org-download-method
(after! org-download
(setq org-download-method 'directory))This worked. The other settings are done in the (after! org block.
It feels like I have to fight Doom too often, but the details and refinement of Doom is worth the trouble.