Org-mode cannot link to files without an extension. I therefore cannot use org-store-link for org-journal files, etc. Best wishes, Colin Baxter.
Hello Colin, On Wed, 9 Mar 2022 at 02:24, Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> wrote: > Org-mode cannot link to files without an extension. I therefore cannot > use org-store-link for org-journal files, etc. I'm not able to reproduce this on the latest main branch. I tried this with Emacs 28.0.91: Opened the COPYING file from org-mode repository. Executed M-x org-store-link Created test.org and did C-c C-l. I was able to create a link and open it with C-c C-o. Can you add more details like version, and steps to reproduce with emacs -Q? -- Regards, Bhavin Gandhi (bhavin192) | https://geeksocket.in
Hello, Bhavin, >>>>> Bhavin Gandhi <bhavin7392@gmail.com> writes: > Hello Colin, > On Wed, 9 Mar 2022 at 02:24, Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> wrote: >> Org-mode cannot link to files without an extension. I therefore >> cannot use org-store-link for org-journal files, etc. > I'm not able to reproduce this on the latest main branch. I tried > this with Emacs 28.0.91: > Opened the COPYING file from org-mode repository. Executed M-x > org-store-link Created test.org and did C-c C-l. > I was able to create a link and open it with C-c C-o. > Can you add more details like version, and steps to reproduce with > emacs -Q? > -- Regards, Bhavin Gandhi (bhavin192) | https://geeksocket.in Thanks for your reply. 1. Touch two files in some directory: touch a.org <RET>, touch z <RET> 2. emacs -Q <RET> 3. C-x f a.org <RET> and C-x f z <RET> 4. Write some text in each file (I suppose this is not really necessary). 5. Close the buffer z. 6. In a.org enter [[file:./z][This is file z]] and save. 7. Click on the link. 8. Message "Running less in /path/to/z ... done", but link does not open. 9. I get the same if I use C-c C-o. 10. Copy z to z.org. 11. In a.org enter [[file:./z.org][This is file z.org]] and save. 12. Link now opens if it's clicked or C-c C-o is used. This test was done with emacs-29.0.50 and org-version 9.52. I'm on Debian 4.9.290-1. I hope this helps. Best wishes, Colin.
Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:
> 6. In a.org enter [[file:./z][This is file z]] and save.
>
> 7. Click on the link.
>
> 8. Message "Running less in /path/to/z ... done", but link does not
> open.
>
This sounds like your `org-file-apps' is funny. What is its value?
Check also the value of the system-specific variable
`org-file-apps-{gnus,windowsnt,macos}' - whichever is applcible to your
case.
--
Nick
"There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache
invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors." -Martin Fowler
Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
> Check also the value of the system-specific variable
> `org-file-apps-{gnus,windowsnt,macos}' - whichever is applcible to your
> case.
That should be `org-file-apps-{gnu,windowsnt,macos}'.
--
Nick
"There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache
invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors." -Martin Fowler
Hi Nick,
>>>>> Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
> Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:
>> 6. In a.org enter [[file:./z][This is file z]] and save.
>>
>> 7. Click on the link.
>>
>> 8. Message "Running less in /path/to/z ... done", but link does
>> not open.
>>
> This sounds like your `org-file-apps' is funny. What is its value?
> Check also the value of the system-specific variable
> `org-file-apps-{gnus,windowsnt,macos}' - whichever is applcible to
> your case.
I have not altered (knowingly!) my 'org-file-apps' for years. Its value
is:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Value:
(("\\.pdf\\'" . "xpdf %s")
(auto-mode . emacs)
("\\.x?html?\\'" lambda
(file link)
(eww-open-file file))
("\\.pdf\\'" . system)
("\\.dvi\\'" . system)
("\\.ps\\'" . system))
Original value was
((auto-mode . emacs)
(directory . emacs)
("\\.mm\\'" . default)
("\\.x?html?\\'" . default)
("\\.pdf\\'" . default))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
The odd thing is that my problem has just arisen. I don't remember
having it before say a few weeks ago.
Best wishes,
Colin.
I see the problem using emacs -Q, as I reported in a previous email.
>>>>> Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
> Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
>> Check also the value of the system-specific variable
>> `org-file-apps-{gnus,windowsnt,macos}' - whichever is applcible
>> to your case.
> That should be `org-file-apps-{gnu,windowsnt,macos}'. -- Nick
> "There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache
> invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors." -Martin
> Fowler
It turns out I was clicking the wrong mouse button. On my setup, the
right-hand mouse button opens files 'b' and 'b.<extension>',
whereas the left-hand button only opens links to 'b.<extension>'. I was
not aware that the behaviour of org-mode links was mouse-button
dependent.
Best wishes,