From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Puneeth Chaganti Subject: Re: setting default pdf viewer Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:47:05 +0530 Message-ID: References: <87399fmuq4.fsf@psinom.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33001) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S6dyO-0008PQ-Ti for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:18:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S6dy4-0008PK-Px for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:17:48 -0400 Received: from mail-pz0-f41.google.com ([209.85.210.41]:50529) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S6dy4-0008Ow-Gg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:17:28 -0400 Received: by dadv6 with SMTP id v6so3747258dad.0 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:17:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87399fmuq4.fsf@psinom.home> 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: prad Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Prad, On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:31 PM, prad wrote: > how do i set evince as the default. > > right now xpdf is, but if i remove it, following a link to a pdf file > produces nothing. > > i'm using gnome and evince is the default there (eg through nautilus), > so somehow it seems that orgmode has decided to make xpdf the default > instead. Customize the variable `org-file-apps'. Look at documentation of the variable, for an example and options available. -- Puneeth