Hi Nicolas,

For:

\\.pdf:\\([0-9]+\\)\\'

[0-9]+ vs \d+ same issue, since the path not the link is being matched.

Example:
file:foo.pdf::1 will be matching on file:foo.pdf and the ::1 is dropped.

Therefore it doesn't matter what you put after :: it is not being used.





On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 12:38 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> "Frankie Y. Liu" <frankie.y.liu@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I wanted to open a pdf at a particular page, the instructions under
> > org-file-apps suggested using
> >
> > (add-to-list 'org-file-apps '("\\.pdf::\\(\\d+\\)\\'" . "evince -p %1
> > %s"))
>
> What is "\d+"? You may want to try [0-9]+ insteal.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
>