From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: OT?: viewing pdf as attachment Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:11:06 -0500 Message-ID: <87bpwcznut.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: <20081118144032.5c2a1032@georgetown.edu> <20081118145609.62d5b485@johnrakestraw.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L2Ymw-00078C-5v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:11:14 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L2Ymu-00077O-Ua for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:11:13 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56357 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L2Ymu-00077J-M0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:11:12 -0500 Received: from mho-02-bos.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.179]:59803) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L2Ymu-0001yd-Q5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:11:12 -0500 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: John Rakestraw Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org John Rakestraw writes: >> Hi -- >> >> I think this is not specifically an org-mode issue, but it shows up in >> org. >> >> I've started using the file attachment feature. I really like the way >> it works, except that it doesn't work consistently with pdf files on >> one of my computers. I can attach a pdf easily, but when I try to open >> the attachment from org-mode, acroread opens as expected but it >> doesn't open the file -- instead, I have an empty acroread window >> (the same window I get if I open acroread from the command line with >> no file specified). The program is run, but somehow the file name >> isn't passed to the program. >> >> I'm puzzled because it works as expected on my other primary computer, >> and both computers have basically the emacs and org-mode same set-up >> -- i.e., .emacs and the org-configuration files are identical. (I know >> they're identical because they're synched between computers.) So >> there's some other setting that's off. I'm hoping that someone can >> give me a hint where to look. I've come up empty in my searches. >> >> Set-up on both computers: >> - emacs 22.2.1 >> - org 6.12trans >> - Fedora 8 >> - fvwm window manager > > Apologies for replying to my own message, but I forgot to say that when > I run "acroread some_file.pdf" from a terminal, acroread opens the file > as expected. I'm assuming this is a Linux system... This is probably a MIME handling setup issue between your two machines. Check your mailcap settings (/etc/mailcap and ~/.mailcap probably). If it's Windows...well you're on your own ;) -Bernt