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: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 10:49:39 +0200 Message-ID: <20130922084939.GE28580@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> References: <8761txig54.fsf@gmail.com> <20130919063652.GA443@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <20130919142548.GD16381@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <46BBAE44-326C-4128-BA68-5361F8632EE3@gmail.com> <20130920110741.GA2394@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <20130920131456.GC2394@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]:56157) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VNfMW-0005LL-Lv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2013 04:50:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VNfMO-00080D-6c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2013 04:49:52 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-x22b.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::22b]:55502) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VNfMN-000805-V9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2013 04:49:44 -0400 Received: by mail-wg0-f43.google.com with SMTP id z12so1960276wgg.34 for ; Sun, 22 Sep 2013 01:49:43 -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: Matt Price Cc: Org Mode , Carsten Dominik Hi Matt, > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Matt Price wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 02:29:00PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote: > >>> > >>> >> On Sep 19, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >>> I have some good news (sort of). We can force generic open by calling > >>> >>> xdg-open like this[1]: > >>> >>> > >>> >>> DE=generic xdg-open /path/to/file > >>> >> > >>> > >>> OK, this sounds useful. > >>> Next question: Maybe people who *are* on a Desktop environment will not like it if we force DE=generic onto them as well? > >>> Or would't that make a difference? > >> > >> I did some quick searching, this part is a bit murky. The generic way > >> of setting up default application associations with mime types is > >> through desktop files and ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list. > >> > >> Now XFCE and xdg-open both use this, I do not think this is true for > >> KDE, Gnome, or Gnome-like DEs though. So for desktops that have their > >> own config system, it is possible xdg-open's generic and the desktop > >> specific preference might not match. > >> > >> Some testing by other desktop users might be useful here. Maybe Matt > >> and Glyn can help here (CC'ed). > >> > >> To test: > >> 1. open directory with pdf/html/odt files in dired, > >> 2. put point on one of these files, > >> 2. run asynchronous shell command: `& DE=generic xdg-open RET'. > >> > >> Does it start your prefered application? If not, we should drop this > >> idea. If yes, maybe it is worth it. > > > > > > huh, I just tried it on a pdf file and an odt file, and nothing > > opened;vI just got a message that the process had finished, and an > > empty new Async Shell Command buffer. Is it possible I'm using a > > nonstandard xdg-open or something, or that the problem is otherwise > > related to my system? This is on ubuntu 13.-4, running unity. I'm not sure what is going wrong there. That said, all this seems rather fragile. The bug with gvfs-open has been there for over 3 years, and I don't think there is even a bug-report open for exo-open. It's probably best to drop the idea for now. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.