From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:34:15 -0400 Message-ID: <8761txig54.fsf@gmail.com> References: <06D4DDE1-E3D1-470E-A887-66B78BD58302@gmail.com> <87ob7rri02.fsf@nowhere.org> <20130917135651.GC8200@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <20130917194250.GA16911@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <20130917202134.GB16911@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <20130917212557.GC16911@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <87eh8m4hx6.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <20130918121429.GA2905@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <7618A639-D354-436C-A7D4-A0030F9C9663@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53012) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VMVwo-0001Nl-JR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:34:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VMVwh-00032T-9g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:34:34 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:49594) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VMVwh-00032N-32 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:34:27 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VMVwf-0000xc-SY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 06:34:25 +0200 Received: from pool-108-7-96-134.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([108.7.96.134]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 06:34:25 +0200 Received: from ndokos by pool-108-7-96-134.bstnma.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 06:34:25 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Carsten Dominik writes: > On 18.9.2013, at 14:14, Suvayu Ali wrote: > ... >> I think that is expected. The bug is in the desktop specific open >> commands. Since you use none, generic open is used. That is simply a >> shell function, and does the right thing. > > Is there a generic open command in Linux? Why don't we use this instead? > Not really. There is a shell function called open_generic inside of xdg-open. I believe that's what Suvayu was referring to. But there is no clean way of calling it, short of pulling it out of the xdg-open script into a new script: as a general solution, that's hopeless. -- Nick