From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Glyn Millington Subject: Re: bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:25:03 +0100 Message-ID: <87fvt3nntc.fsf@nowhere.org> References: <81237114-C902-40D8-95F9-70AA2055C4D3@gmail.com> <20130902094701.GI2828@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <1B84ED41-BCE5-46AE-BBFB-92D656CD373E__38750.8492371582$1378116581$gmane$org@gmail.com> <8738pnw4e5.fsf_-_@Rainer.invalid> <4E229EE1-5DE1-48B5-B5C4-DCFB41A1686B@gmail.com> <06D4DDE1-E3D1-470E-A887-66B78BD58302@gmail.com> <87ob7rri02.fsf@nowhere.org> <20130917135651.GC8200@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> Reply-To: glyn.millington@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46266) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VM2rO-0005Zd-4X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:31:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VM2rI-0006cm-99 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:31:02 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:53587) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VM2rH-0006cP-Uo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:30:56 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VM2rG-0000jp-1W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:30:54 +0200 Received: from cust25-dsl91-135-3.idnet.net ([91.135.3.25]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:30:54 +0200 Received: from glyn.millington by cust25-dsl91-135-3.idnet.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:30:54 +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 17.9.2013, at 15:56, Suvayu Ali > wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 09:04:45AM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: >>> Carsten Dominik writes: >>> >>>> On 17.9.2013, at 08:01, Matt Price wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Matt Price >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 5:12 AM, Achim Gratz >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Or you could leave it in and see who complains. The instances >>>>>>> where xdg-open doesn't work or is not correctly configured will >>>>>>> probably be in multi-user / corporate environments where it is >>>>>>> unlikely that the newest Org or Emacs is installed anyway. >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm running today's org with a recent emacs-snapshot in a >>>>>> single-user linux environment (ubuntu 13.04). >>>>>> >>>>>> xdg-open xxx.html works fine when run from the command line, but >>>>>> from inside org-mode it seems to fail to run In particular, >>>>>> html, odt and pdf documents no longer seem to open from the >>>>>> export menu, even though the log in *Messages* reports that the >>>>>> relevant command ("xdg-open-my-org-file.html") has been run. >>>> Is there anyone else who has tried the xgd-open way to follow >>>> links with Org? >>>> >>> Yes, I have the same symptoms as Matt. >>> >>> GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.2) >>> Org-mode 8.1.1 (the latest ELPA package fails in the same way) >>> >>> xdg-open works on the command line but not through the org-export >>> menu - pdfs and html files don't open automatically. There are no >>> error messages. >> I see the same problem. But I think this might be an Emacs issue; >> I can't open a pdf from dired either (with & on a pdf file). >> However I can open it if I execute a shell command: M-! xdg-open >> file.pdf RET. > > Do I need to conclude that, for the time being, xdg-open has to be > removed from the default value of org-file-apps? That did the trick - pdf files now open as before, as do html exports. Many thanks. atb Glyn