From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: feature request: more control over opening links Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:50:20 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20524da70811041143y1dad9c49g362248ad82000557@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kxf1w-0003Bc-F0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:50:28 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kxf1u-0003AK-J3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:50:27 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45043 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kxf1u-0003AD-AZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:50:26 -0500 Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.78.146]:55846) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kxf1t-0007Z3-Lk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:50:25 -0500 Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so1278304eyg.24 for ; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:50:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20524da70811041143y1dad9c49g362248ad82000557@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Samuel Wales Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Samuel (you never sign your mails, so do not know if you prefer "Sam"...) this is a reasonable request, and I have just implemented it. Note, however, that it only applies to "file:" links, as detailed in my previous message. - Carsten On Nov 4, 2008, at 8:43 PM, Samuel Wales wrote: > Summary: C-u C-u to force opening in an external application. > > Detail: > > My ideal settings for opening links would by default have > org-open-at-point and org-open-at-point-global open > everything in emacs except for anything that makes little > sense to open in emacs, such as PDF (whether http:// or a > local filename). This would include html pages on the web, > which I want opened in emacs-w3m by default. > > Then, for cases where that does not work, C-u would open in > emacs always. C-u C-u would open in external always. > "External" here means the OS default (e.g. the "open" > command in OS X). > > That way, when I know that I want something different, I can > force it. (An alternate design is to reverse the sense of > what org-file-apps says. But then you have to think about > what the default is and decide whether to reverse it. This > seems an unnecessary cognitive burden.) > > This seems not to be possible now. If I set most things to > open in Emacs, I think that there is no way to open it in > the OS default. Is that correct? > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode