* HTML export is using the wrong browser
@ 2014-03-24 3:04 James Harkins
2014-03-24 5:41 ` Bastien
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From: James Harkins @ 2014-03-24 3:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: orgmode
OK, org is awesome, but sometimes it drives you crazy.
I have just lost an hour this morning trying to figure out how to convince
HTML export to open the exported file in Firefox, rather than Chrome.
I noticed that C-c C-e h o was running "sensible-browser," and after half
an hour's completely wasted effort trying to understand the
update-alternatives system, the only thing I know is that Chrome's priority
in the system is 200 while Firefox is 40. That explains why
sensible-browser is choosing Chrome. But I can't find any example of a
command that will change the priority of an existing link.
So then I started poking around org options. I found that C-c C-o on an
http hyperlink goes through browse-url, and I can configure
browse-url-generic-program to Firefox, and C-c C-o does open such links in
Firefox. Okay... but, C-c C-e h o *still* uses sensible-browser and opens
it in the wrong program.
I opened the complete org manual (all on one page) and searched the page
for "browser." There is NO help anywhere in this document about the browser
to use for HTML export.
So then I found:
(?o "As HTML file and open"
(lambda (a s v b)
(if a (org-html-export-to-html t s v b)
(org-open-file (org-html-export-to-html nil s v b)))))))
And, looking over the definition of org-open-file, and realizing I've spent
*a whole hour* on this problem that should be a simple matter of setting
ONE option, I conclude... this is way too much of a puzzle. So I give up.
This should be a simple thing, so... can somebody please tell me a simple
way to configure this?
(Yes, I am frustrated.)
hjh
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2014-03-24 3:04 HTML export is using the wrong browser James Harkins
@ 2014-03-24 5:41 ` Bastien
2014-03-24 5:55 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-03-24 8:37 ` Achim Gratz
2014-03-24 8:40 ` Eric S Fraga
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Bastien @ 2014-03-24 5:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: James Harkins; +Cc: orgmode
James Harkins <jamshark70@gmail.com> writes:
> This should be a simple thing, so... can somebody please tell me a
> simple way to configure this?
M-x customize-variable RET org-file-apps RET
(Btw, I don't know "sensible-browser", must come from a specific
Emacs install?)
--
Bastien
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* Re: HTML export is using the wrong browser
2014-03-24 5:41 ` Bastien
@ 2014-03-24 5:55 ` Marcin Borkowski
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From: Marcin Borkowski @ 2014-03-24 5:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Dnia 2014-03-24, o godz. 06:41:12
Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> napisał(a):
> James Harkins <jamshark70@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > This should be a simple thing, so... can somebody please tell me a
> > simple way to configure this?
>
> M-x customize-variable RET org-file-apps RET
>
> (Btw, I don't know "sensible-browser", must come from a specific
> Emacs install?)
Confirmed: my Emacs also uses this function. (And I didn't mess with
*that* part of config;).) Maybe it's Ubuntu's fault?
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University
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* Re: HTML export is using the wrong browser
2014-03-24 3:04 HTML export is using the wrong browser James Harkins
2014-03-24 5:41 ` Bastien
@ 2014-03-24 8:37 ` Achim Gratz
2014-03-24 8:40 ` Eric S Fraga
2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Achim Gratz @ 2014-03-24 8:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
James Harkins writes:
> I noticed that C-c C-e h o was running "sensible-browser," and after
> half an hour's completely wasted effort trying to understand the
> update-alternatives system, the only thing I know is that Chrome's
> priority in the system is 200 while Firefox is 40. That explains why
> sensible-browser is choosing Chrome. But I can't find any example of a
> command that will change the priority of an existing link.
If you want to change this system-wide, then:
/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --display sensible-browser
/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config sensible-browser
will let you do this. Changing the priorities is also possible, but
since the postinstall script will likely revert it to the packaged
default on any update this is probably less useful.
Regards,
Achim.
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* Re: HTML export is using the wrong browser
2014-03-24 3:04 HTML export is using the wrong browser James Harkins
2014-03-24 5:41 ` Bastien
2014-03-24 8:37 ` Achim Gratz
@ 2014-03-24 8:40 ` Eric S Fraga
2014-03-24 9:44 ` James Harkins
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Eric S Fraga @ 2014-03-24 8:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: James Harkins; +Cc: orgmode
James Harkins <jamshark70@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> I noticed that C-c C-e h o was running "sensible-browser," and after
> half an hour's completely wasted effort trying to understand the
> update-alternatives system, the only thing I know is that Chrome's
> priority in the system is 200 while Firefox is 40. That explains why
> sensible-browser is choosing Chrome. But I can't find any example of a
> command that will change the priority of an existing link.
Off topic, sort of, but on Debian, as root:
update-alternatives --config sensible-browser
will allow you to change the default.
--
: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 24.4.50.2, Org release_8.2.5h-831-gcb9172.dirty
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* Re: HTML export is using the wrong browser
2014-03-24 8:40 ` Eric S Fraga
@ 2014-03-24 9:44 ` James Harkins
2014-03-24 11:21 ` Achim Gratz
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: James Harkins @ 2014-03-24 9:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: orgmode
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> Off topic, sort of, but on Debian, as root:
>
> update-alternatives --config sensible-browser
>
> will allow you to change the default.
In my case, this was not successful.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2212948
As shown in this question, Firefox is already the default in
update-alternatives, but the alternative that it consistently chooses
is *not* the default. This makes me think that the alternatives system
is perhaps poorly designed.
Changing the default in org-file-apps to "firefox %s" for HTML -- that
definitely works, by bypassing sensible-browser altogether. Thanks,
Bastien, for the tip.
hjh
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