* Choosing external app at runtime?
@ 2010-04-16 5:35 Simon Guest
2010-04-18 6:24 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: Simon Guest @ 2010-04-16 5:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Org Mode
Hi all,
When I follow a link, Org mode knows what application to use. Except
that sometimes I want to override that choice.
For example, I have a collection of PDF files. Mostly I want to open
them in my statically configured PDF viewer, which is fine. But
sometimes I want to open one in Xournal, say, to annotate it.
My mail client Wanderlust will ask me in cases like this: if multiple
mailcap entries match, I get to choose when opening the attachment.
Any chance we could do a similar thing in Org mode?
cheers,
Simon
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* Re: Choosing external app at runtime?
2010-04-16 5:35 Choosing external app at runtime? Simon Guest
@ 2010-04-18 6:24 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-04-18 8:18 ` Simon Guest
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Carsten Dominik @ 2010-04-18 6:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Simon Guest; +Cc: Org Mode
On Apr 16, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Simon Guest wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> When I follow a link, Org mode knows what application to use. Except
> that sometimes I want to override that choice.
>
> For example, I have a collection of PDF files. Mostly I want to open
> them in my statically configured PDF viewer, which is fine. But
> sometimes I want to open one in Xournal, say, to annotate it.
>
> My mail client Wanderlust will ask me in cases like this: if multiple
> mailcap entries match, I get to choose when opening the attachment.
>
> Any chance we could do a similar thing in Org mode?
Currently we do not have this. I can see that this could be both
useful and annoying, if you have to answer a prompt each time.
- Carsten
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* Re: Choosing external app at runtime?
2010-04-18 6:24 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2010-04-18 8:18 ` Simon Guest
2010-04-19 17:53 ` Ali Tofigh
2010-04-19 18:51 ` J. David Boyd
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Simon Guest @ 2010-04-18 8:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Carsten Dominik; +Cc: Org Mode
At Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:24:41 +0200,
Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
>
> On Apr 16, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Simon Guest wrote:
> > When I follow a link, Org mode knows what application to use. Except
> > that sometimes I want to override that choice.
>
> Currently we do not have this. I can see that this could be both
> useful and annoying, if you have to answer a prompt each time.
If the choice was only offered when a C-u prefix was given, it
wouldn't be annoying.
What do you think?
cheers,
Simon
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* Re: Choosing external app at runtime?
2010-04-18 8:18 ` Simon Guest
@ 2010-04-19 17:53 ` Ali Tofigh
2010-04-27 9:19 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-04-19 18:51 ` J. David Boyd
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Ali Tofigh @ 2010-04-19 17:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Simon Guest; +Cc: Org Mode, Carsten Dominik
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 04:18, Simon Guest <simon.guest@tesujimath.org> wrote:
> At Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:24:41 +0200,
> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Apr 16, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Simon Guest wrote:
>> > When I follow a link, Org mode knows what application to use. Except
>> > that sometimes I want to override that choice.
>>
>> Currently we do not have this. I can see that this could be both
>> useful and annoying, if you have to answer a prompt each time.
>
> If the choice was only offered when a C-u prefix was given, it
> wouldn't be annoying.
I would find this useful as well. just my 2 cents....
Cheers,
/Ali
>
> What do you think?
>
> cheers,
> Simon
>
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* Re: Choosing external app at runtime?
2010-04-18 8:18 ` Simon Guest
2010-04-19 17:53 ` Ali Tofigh
@ 2010-04-19 18:51 ` J. David Boyd
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: J. David Boyd @ 2010-04-19 18:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Simon Guest <simon.guest@tesujimath.org> writes:
> At Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:24:41 +0200,
> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Apr 16, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Simon Guest wrote:
>> > When I follow a link, Org mode knows what application to use. Except
>> > that sometimes I want to override that choice.
>>
>> Currently we do not have this. I can see that this could be both
>> useful and annoying, if you have to answer a prompt each time.
>
> If the choice was only offered when a C-u prefix was given, it
> wouldn't be annoying.
>
> What do you think?
>
> cheers,
> Simon
>
That's what _I_ was going to say!
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* Re: Choosing external app at runtime?
2010-04-19 17:53 ` Ali Tofigh
@ 2010-04-27 9:19 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: Carsten Dominik @ 2010-04-27 9:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ali Tofigh; +Cc: Org Mode
On Apr 19, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Ali Tofigh wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 04:18, Simon Guest
> <simon.guest@tesujimath.org> wrote:
>> At Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:24:41 +0200,
>> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 16, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Simon Guest wrote:
>>>> When I follow a link, Org mode knows what application to use.
>>>> Except
>>>> that sometimes I want to override that choice.
>>>
>>> Currently we do not have this. I can see that this could be both
>>> useful and annoying, if you have to answer a prompt each time.
>>
>> If the choice was only offered when a C-u prefix was given, it
>> wouldn't be annoying.
This is a reasonable approach - but I don't know how the Emacs mailcap
interface treats multiple matches. Who does?
Currently we use the C-u prefix to force opening a link in Emacs, but
we can find a solution here.
A patch implementing the ability to select an application in this way
would be seriously considered.
- Carsten
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