From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
To: Guillaume MULLER <guillaume.muller@emse.fr>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Opening of links
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 10:08:24 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wn9t5xt3.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <563301a7-1ad2-e155-636e-a2b8814b608d@emse.fr>
Guillaume MULLER <guillaume.muller@emse.fr> writes:
> + [[file:~/test.pdf][PDF 1]]
> --------------
>
> When I click on the link with mouse1, the document is opened in Calibre. When I use mouse3, the document is opened in Emacs. I get a similar behavior with org-attached PDF documents: using 'o' will open them in Calibre, 'O' in Emacs.
>
> Such a behavior for mouse1/'o' raises 2 questions:
>
> - My OS settings are configured so that PDFs are opened in Evince. I configured this with "xfce4-settings-manager > Default Applications" (which runs "xfce4-mime-settings" under the hood) and it can be verified with "xdg-open test.pdf" or by opening Thunar and clicking on "test.pdf".
> So, where in the world does org-mode/Emacs finds that it should use Calibre instead of Evince?
>
> - Now, I would like to circumvent this global OS behavior, so that Emacs itself would be used specifically to open PDF links in files I open in Emacs. When I was using Vanilla Emacs, I was advised to use pdf-tools, and given a config that was working. I translated that into my DoomEmacs config.org as follows:
> (use-package! pdf-tools
> :magic ("%PDF" . pdf-view-mode)
> :config
> (pdf-tools-install :no-query)
> )
> But apparently it does not override org's (default) behavior of opening PDF file with external tools.
> Is there
See https://orgmode.org/manual/Handling-Links.html#Handling-Links
(search org-open-at-point). The app selection is controlled by
org-file-apps customization.
> Sorry for these (probably very) basic questions, but I could not find anything relevant on the web (or I haven't found the correct keywords...). I would be very grateful of any help!
No problem. This mailing list is open to all Org-related staff,
including basic questions. Do not hesitate to participate in the
discussion or ask anything.
--
Ihor Radchenko,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at https://orgmode.org/.
Support Org development at https://liberapay.com/org-mode,
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-24 2:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-23 14:49 Opening of links Guillaume MULLER
2022-09-24 2:08 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2022-09-24 11:49 ` Max Nikulin
2022-09-25 11:06 ` Max Nikulin
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