From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: brian powell Subject: Re: setting default pdf viewer Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:25:55 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87399fmuq4.fsf@psinom.home> <87vcmbf49b.fsf@psinom.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8ff1c4e2fa0cc404baff1b62 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52361) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S6rDc-00036z-2c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:26:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S6rDK-0001OZ-GZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:26:21 -0400 Received: from mail-gx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.161.169]:64353) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S6rDJ-0001OH-CS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:26:06 -0400 Received: by ggeq1 with SMTP id q1so2410163gge.0 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:25:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87vcmbf49b.fsf@psinom.home> 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: prad Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --e89a8ff1c4e2fa0cc404baff1b62 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I much prefer OKULAR over EVINCE On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:15 PM, prad wrote: > Puneeth Chaganti writes: > > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:31 PM, prad wrote: > >> how do i set evince as the default. > >> > >> right now xpdf is, but if i remove it, following a link to a pdf file > >> produces nothing. > >> > >> i'm using gnome and evince is the default there (eg through nautilus), > >> so somehow it seems that orgmode has decided to make xpdf the default > >> instead. > > > > Customize the variable `org-file-apps'. Look at documentation of the > > variable, for an example and options available. > > > thx Puneeth! that's what i was looking for! > strange thing is that it was already set to default so i thought evince > would come up. then i changed it to system and xpdf still opened it. > > anyway, i altered it to > evince -p %1 %s > > and all is well. > > -- > in friendship, > prad > > > --e89a8ff1c4e2fa0cc404baff1b62 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I much prefer OKULAR over EVINCE

On Sun, = Mar 11, 2012 at 1:15 PM, prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> wrote:
Puneeth Chaganti <punchagan@gmail= .com> writes:

> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:31 PM, prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> wrote:
>> how do i set evince as the default.
>>
>> right now xpdf is, but if i remove it, following a link to a pdf f= ile
>> produces nothing.
>>
>> i'm using gnome and evince is the default there (eg through na= utilus),
>> so somehow it seems that orgmode has decided to make xpdf the defa= ult
>> instead.
>
> Customize the variable `org-file-apps'. =A0Look at documentation o= f the
> variable, for an example and options available.
>
thx Puneeth! that's what i was looking for!
strange thing is that it was already set to default so i thought evince
would come up. then i changed it to system and xpdf still opened it.

anyway, i altered it to
evince -p %1 %s

and all is well.

--
in friendship,
prad



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