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From: Nick Dokos <nick@dokosmarshall.org>
Subject: Re: I can not change the behavior of open the link which is a CHM
 file [[file+sys://kk.chm]]
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:50:38 -0400
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To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
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On 07/09/2013 10:08 AM, Jambunathan K wrote:
> Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> In order to affect emacs as a whole, you need to modify one of your
>> mailcap files
> This will work as well.
>
>          (setcdr (assq 'system org-file-apps-defaults-gnu ) "xdg-open %s")
>
> If xdg-open is not available, one can replace it with gnome-open or
> kde-open.
  I don't understand: how will changing org-file-apps-defaults-gnu 
affect the rest of emacs?
E.g. if I receive a chem attachment and I use e.g. mh-e to read my mail, 
how will that help me?