Re: Set org-file-apps to open a *.doc file under linux with Word ?

[AW <alexander.willand@t-online.de>]

Am Donnerstag, 5. Dezember 2013, 08:48:11 schrieb Jambunathan K:
> Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
> > Off the top of my head, I would say
> > 
> > (add-to-list 'org-file-apps
> > 
> >              '("\\.doc" . "env WINEPREFIX=\"/home/AW/.wine-office\" wine
> >              \"C:\\windows\\command\\start.exe\" /Unix
> >              \"/home/AW/.wine-office/dosdevices/c:/users/AW/Start
> >              Menu/Programs/Microsoft Office/Microsoft Word 2010.lnk\""))> 
> > i.e. just the command you provided enclosed in double quotes, except that
> > 
> > certain characters within have to be escaped:
> >     " -> \"
> >     \ -> \\
> > 
> > The long string will probably be broken up into multiple lines by some
> > mailer but it is supposed to be one long string with no newlines. I
> > don't know if the spaces in the path will cause problems.
> > 
> > Untested (except that I did evaluate the add-to-list and got no errors):
> > no Word and no wine here.
> > 
> > BTW, why not LibreOffice? Does it mishandle your .doc files?
> > 
> > Nick
> 
> The easiest way to get the same effect is to use
> 
>     M-x customize-variable RET org-file-apps RET
> 
> and specify a command.  Once it is saved, the .emacs will have the
> resulting "nightmarish string" :-)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Another way to "quote" a string would be to use
> 
>    M-x pp-eval-expression RET (read-string "Enter string: ") RET
> 
> and copy-paste the output from *Pp Eval Output* to .emacs or .el file.

Thank you, customization worked, but it did not start word -- I'm going 
another way now.

Regards,

Alexander