From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:42:50 +0200 Message-ID: <20130917194250.GA16911@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> References: <1B84ED41-BCE5-46AE-BBFB-92D656CD373E__38750.8492371582$1378116581$gmane$org@gmail.com> <8738pnw4e5.fsf_-_@Rainer.invalid> <4E229EE1-5DE1-48B5-B5C4-DCFB41A1686B@gmail.com> <06D4DDE1-E3D1-470E-A887-66B78BD58302@gmail.com> <87ob7rri02.fsf@nowhere.org> <20130917135651.GC8200@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54153) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VM1As-0004cP-ON for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:43:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VM1Aj-00081z-VF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:43:02 -0400 Received: from mail-ea0-x231.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c01::231]:60646) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VM1Aj-00081i-O0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:42:53 -0400 Received: by mail-ea0-f177.google.com with SMTP id f15so2947124eak.22 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:42:52 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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: Carsten Dominik Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 09:34:34PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > On 17.9.2013, at 15:56, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 09:04:45AM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: > >> Carsten Dominik writes: > >> > >>> On 17.9.2013, at 08:01, Matt Price wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Matt Price > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> xdg-open xxx.html works fine when run from the command line, but > >>>>> from inside org-mode it seems to fail to run In particular, html, > >>>>> odt and pdf documents no longer seem to open from the export menu, > >>>>> even though the log in *Messages* reports that the relevant command > >>>>> ("xdg-open-my-org-file.html") has been run. > >>> > >>> Is there anyone else who has tried the xgd-open way to follow links > >>> with Org? > >>> > >> > >> Yes, I have the same symptoms as Matt. > >> > >> GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.2) > >> Org-mode 8.1.1 (the latest ELPA package fails in the same way) > >> > >> xdg-open works on the command line but not through the org-export menu - > >> pdfs and html files don't open automatically. There are no error messages. > > > > I see the same problem. But I think this might be an Emacs issue; I > > can't open a pdf from dired either (with & on a pdf file). However I > > can open it if I execute a shell command: M-! xdg-open file.pdf RET. > > Do I need to conclude that, for the time being, xdg-open has to be removed from the default value of org-file-apps? Yes, I think so. The problem is consistently repeatable. It's strange though. I'll try to investigate. Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.