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From: Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>, Craig STCR <craig.stcr1@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug in 9.5.3 org--file-default-apps
Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 22:14:39 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7c75b724-1ea2-5e3e-cbe6-e1895fd35bd3@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877d6lbsg5.fsf@localhost>

On 16/05/2022 18:57, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> Craig STCR writes:
>> But with the new form in 9.5.3, /home/user/myscript is opened by
>> /bin/less, not emacs.  I assume mailcap is not consulted.  Which does
>> not work well.  These behaviors are only for org.  Outside of org, emacs
>> behaves correctly.
> 
> mailcap does get consulted. What you are seeing happens because
> mailcap.el (built-in Emacs library) is only able to recognise mime-types
> by extension. So, your file is likely recognised as "nil" mimetype thus
> making Org mode fallback to default mailcap handler, which is /bin/less
> in your case.

Sounds reasonable. However I just have tried a [[file:~/path/to/script]] 
link running Org main HEAD and the file is opened in emacs (26.3) other 
window.

> I guess that Org can also try to use `file' command (when available) to
> determine the mime type. Though ideally, it should be all handled by
> mailcap.el Would you mind writing to emacs-devel mailing list and asking
> to add the feature of using `file' command into mailcap.el?

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2009-08/msg01057.html
Re: using libmagic in Emacs?
From: 	joakim
Subject: 	Re: using libmagic in Emacs?
Date: 	Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:30:33 +0200

A never committed patch. It is sour from my point of view.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2009-08/msg01368.html
From: 	Eli Zaretskii
Subject: 	Re: using libmagic in Emacs?
Date: 	Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:09:23 +0300
>> From: Juri Linkov
>> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:19:12 +0300
>> 
>> I agree that running `file' is a simpler solution.
> 
> PLEASE do not base Emacs infrastructure on external programs, unless
> they come with Emacs.  `file' is not available on every platform, and
> even on those it is, the quality and extent of its database is unclear
> and so cannot be relied upon.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2009-08/msg01072.html
From: 	Richard Stallman
> How hard would it be to change the code in Emacs to recognize these
> using the existing mechanism?


  reply	other threads:[~2022-05-16 17:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-15 16:49 Bug in 9.5.3 org--file-default-apps Craig STCR
2022-05-16  4:53 ` Ihor Radchenko
     [not found]   ` <6615610d-93ae-171f-b554-3f4cc79354cc@gmail.com>
2022-05-16  8:33     ` Ihor Radchenko
     [not found]       ` <86692975-4d5f-6933-3227-c6b208f76862@gmail.com>
2022-05-16 11:57         ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-16 15:14           ` Max Nikulin [this message]
2022-05-16 19:15             ` Craig STCR
2022-05-16 19:29             ` Craig STCR
2022-05-17 16:03               ` Max Nikulin
2022-05-18 11:36             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-18 16:10               ` Max Nikulin
2022-05-19 13:39                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-19 14:45                   ` Max Nikulin
2022-05-20  8:22                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-20 11:31                       ` Max Nikulin
2022-05-21  1:44                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-21 14:56                           ` Max Nikulin
2022-05-22  4:10                             ` [PATCH] " Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-22  7:40                               ` Max Nikulin
2022-05-26  4:23                                 ` [PATCH v2] " Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-29  6:07                                   ` Max Nikulin
2022-05-30 14:00                                     ` [PATCH v3] " Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-30 15:38                                       ` Max Nikulin
2022-05-31 15:07                                         ` Max Nikulin
2022-06-04 13:42                                         ` [DISCUSSION, default settings] Using mailcap as default handler for opening file links (was: [PATCH v3] Re: Bug in 9.5.3 org--file-default-apps) Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-04 17:01                                           ` Greg Minshall
2022-06-06 12:50                                           ` [DISCUSSION, default settings] Using mailcap as default handler for opening file links Max Nikulin
2022-06-06 15:22                                             ` Max Nikulin
2022-06-06 17:47                                             ` Bhavin Gandhi
2022-06-10 16:38                                               ` Max Nikulin
2024-02-12 12:36                                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-02-13 10:59                                               ` Max Nikulin
2024-02-13 11:27                                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-02-13 15:44                                                   ` Max Nikulin
2024-02-13 15:47                                                     ` Max Nikulin
2024-02-14 14:51                                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-02-27 10:43                                                       ` Max Nikulin
2022-05-29  7:07                                   ` [PATCH v2] Re: Bug in 9.5.3 org--file-default-apps Max Nikulin
2022-05-23 12:40                           ` Craig STCR
2022-05-23 12:59                             ` Craig STCR
2022-05-23 14:14                               ` Craig STCR
2022-05-23 14:32                                 ` Craig STCR
2022-05-25  6:18                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-23 15:28                             ` Max Nikulin
2022-05-25  6:24                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-25 11:38                                 ` Craig STCR
2022-05-25  6:10                             ` Ihor Radchenko
     [not found]         ` <e9b4e88d-3807-9080-fa86-c297b17794cb@gmail.com>
2022-05-16 12:38           ` Craig STCR
2022-05-18 11:38             ` Ihor Radchenko

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