From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Open link to directory outside of emacs? Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:55:32 +0100 Message-ID: <871ubanpfc.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54024) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UIJXI-0001Lg-DT for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:58:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UIJXG-0004dx-GI for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:58:36 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-f54.google.com ([74.125.82.54]:53866) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UIJXG-0004dk-Aq for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:58:34 -0400 Received: by mail-wg0-f54.google.com with SMTP id fm10so1318522wgb.33 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:58:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (James Harkins's message of "Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:49:11 +0800") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: jamshark70@dewdrop-world.net Cc: Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi James, James Harkins writes: > I'm unsure if org-mode's behavior is correct here. > > 1. Create a link to a directory in an org file, e.g. [[~/Documents/][My docs]]. > > 2. Put the point on the link and hit C-u C-u C-c C-o. > > The org manual says "If you want to avoid opening in Emacs, use a C-u > C-u prefix." I am doing that, but I get a dired buffer anyway. Org *tries* to open this directory, as the docstring says. But here the system does not know how to open directories. Check the docstring of `org-file-apps' on how to set it so that directories can be opened specially. HTH, -- Bastien