I did as you suggested, and C-cC-o did go to the link, so the problem is with my setup.  

Thank you, Bastien,

Alan


On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Bastien <bzg@altern.org> wrote:
Hi Alan,

"Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com> writes:

> By the way, even C-cC-o returns this same problem on my system.

(It looks like your first message didn't make it to the list...
or maybe the server had a hiccup.)

> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>     My setup is extremely convoluted, I fear, so I will not submit
>     this as a bug report.  
>
>     When I type <return> at a link to an org-mode link (it is in
>     another file), the following is seen in the minibuffer:
>
>         Running less <path/filename>...done
>
>     I updated org-mode from git, and reset org-return-follows-path by
>     customization, and this situation persists.
>
>     Can anyone suggest where to look?

Where does "Running less" come from?

Can you just send a minimal.org with produces the error with emacs -Q?

Thanks!

--
 Bastien