Open link with different suffix in org mode

Open link with different suffix in org mode

[Xin Shi]

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Hello Experts,

I'm using Emacs 23.1.1 and org mode 6.34b.  In the org file, if I use a link
say [[./link.org][test]], it will open the link.org file in another buffer
with orgmode. It will be also true, if I use [[./link.txt][link test]],
which will open a link.txt file with Text mode. However, if I do the
following:

[[./test.info][test]], it will just hang there. It seems that org does not
know how to deal with the .info suffix. Are there any way to set the org to
open different link?
I've read the org manual, but didn't find the solution. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Xin

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Re: Open link with different suffix in org mode

[Carsten Dominik]

On Jan 21, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Xin Shi wrote:

> Hello Experts,
>
> I'm using Emacs 23.1.1 and org mode 6.34b.  In the org file, if I  
> use a link say [[./link.org][test]], it will open the link.org file  
> in another buffer with orgmode. It will be also true, if I use [[./ 
> link.txt][link test]], which will open a link.txt file with Text  
> mode. However, if I do the following:
>
> [[./test.info][test]], it will just hang there. It seems that org  
> does not know how to deal with the .info suffix. Are there any way  
> to set the org to open different link?
> I've read the org manual, but didn't find the solution. Any  
> suggestions?

Hi Xin,

one solution is to customize the variable org-file-apps and
add to an entry like this:

             Choice:   Value Menu   Extension: \.info\'
             Choice:   Value Menu   Visit with Emacs

Any file types that have an major-mode assigned to it using
auto-mode-alist will already be visited by Emacs automatically,
but .info is not one of those file types.  So another solution
would be something like the following in your setup.

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.info\\'" . text-mode))

Actualy, this is probably the better solution.

HTH

- Carsten

Re: Open link with different suffix in org mode

[Giovanni Ridolfi]

Hi, Xin,

Xin Shi <shixin111@gmail.com> writes:

> Emacs 23.1.1 and org mode 6.34b.
here:
GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2009-07-30 on SOFT-MJASON
Org-mode version 6.34
Windows XP PS3

> a link say [[./http://link.org][test]], it will open the
> http://link.org file in another buffer with orgmode. 
[...] 
> [[./http://test.info][test]], it will just hang there. 

+ [[file:fit.log][fit]]  fit.log   is opened with notepad
+ [[file:../../../a.info][test]]  a.info is not opened: 
  the message error, in Italian, translates in:

eval: ShellExecute failed: None application is associated to the
specified file for this operation 

> It seems that org does not know how to deal with the .info suffix. 
Well, I suspect that org calls the program defined in the mailcap file.

Please check there if you have a program associated to the ".info" extension

cheers,
Giovanni

Re: Open link with different suffix in org mode

[Xin Shi]

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Hi Carsten and Giovanni,

I used (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.info\\'" . text-mode)) and it
works!

By the way, my system is GNU Linux.

Thanks!

Xin


On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Giovanni Ridolfi <giovanni.ridolfi@yahoo.it
> wrote:

> Hi, Xin,
>
> Xin Shi <shixin111@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Emacs 23.1.1 and org mode 6.34b.
> here:
> GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2009-07-30 on SOFT-MJASON
> Org-mode version 6.34
> Windows XP PS3
>
> > a link say [[./http://link.org][test]], it will open the
> > http://link.org file in another buffer with orgmode.
> [...]
> > [[./http://test.info][test]], it will just hang there.
>
> + [[file:fit.log][fit]]  fit.log   is opened with notepad
> + [[file:../../../a.info][test]]  a.info is not opened:
>  the message error, in Italian, translates in:
>
> eval: ShellExecute failed: None application is associated to the
> specified file for this operation
>
> > It seems that org does not know how to deal with the .info suffix.
> Well, I suspect that org calls the program defined in the mailcap file.
>
> Please check there if you have a program associated to the ".info"
> extension
>
> cheers,
> Giovanni
>

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