From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Price Subject: Re: bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:35:35 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87eh8m4hx6.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <20130918121429.GA2905@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <7618A639-D354-436C-A7D4-A0030F9C9663@gmail.com> <8761txig54.fsf@gmail.com> <20130919063652.GA443@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <20130919142548.GD16381@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <46BBAE44-326C-4128-BA68-5361F8632EE3@gmail.com> <20130920110741.GA2394@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <20130920131456.GC2394@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58003) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VN9IY-0001GE-QH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:35:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VN9IW-0003BF-Sj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:35:38 -0400 Received: from mail-ea0-x22b.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c01::22b]:61549) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VN9IW-0003AS-Kz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:35:36 -0400 Received: by mail-ea0-f171.google.com with SMTP id n15so534058ead.2 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:35:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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: Org Mode sorry, forgot to cc the group. On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Matt Price wrote: > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 02:29:00PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote: >>> >>> >> On Sep 19, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> I have some good news (sort of). We can force generic open by calling >>> >>> xdg-open like this[1]: >>> >>> >>> >>> DE=generic xdg-open /path/to/file >>> >> >>> >>> OK, this sounds useful. >>> Next question: Maybe people who *are* on a Desktop environment will not like it if we force DE=generic onto them as well? >>> Or would't that make a difference? >> >> I did some quick searching, this part is a bit murky. The generic way >> of setting up default application associations with mime types is >> through desktop files and ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list. >> >> Now XFCE and xdg-open both use this, I do not think this is true for >> KDE, Gnome, or Gnome-like DEs though. So for desktops that have their >> own config system, it is possible xdg-open's generic and the desktop >> specific preference might not match. >> >> Some testing by other desktop users might be useful here. Maybe Matt >> and Glyn can help here (CC'ed). >> >> To test: >> 1. open directory with pdf/html/odt files in dired, >> 2. put point on one of these files, >> 2. run asynchronous shell command: `& DE=generic xdg-open RET'. >> >> Does it start your prefered application? If not, we should drop this >> idea. If yes, maybe it is worth it. > > > huh, I just tried it on a pdf file and an odt file, and nothing > opened;vI just got a message that the process had finished, and an > empty new Async Shell Command buffer. Is it possible I'm using a > nonstandard xdg-open or something, or that the problem is otherwise > related to my system? This is on ubuntu 13.-4, running unity. > > Thanks! > Matt >> >> Cheers, >> >> -- >> Suvayu >> >> Open source is the future. It sets us free.