Re: [BUG] [C-u C-u C-c C-o] open link with external program invalid to open file

[Christopher Miles <numbchild@gmail.com>]

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Maxim Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> On 19/01/2021 08:53, Christopher Miles wrote:
>> 
>> For this problem, do you have any workable solution patch?
>
> Maybe for a while it is better to avoid xdg-open or other handlers that 
> launch actual viewers in background. E.g. to replace xdg-open with 
> actual handlers in mailcap.
>
> I attach a draft patch that just demonstrates my intention to use 
> make-process. It intentionally does not use shell to run the command and 
> such change could be breaking for some part of users. I have not tested 
> if regexp substitutions for org-file-apps entries are not broken.
>
> In kubuntu-18.04 I do not have any xdg-open entries in the system 
> mailcap file. Even if I add such line to the user's file, I could not 
> reproduce the problem with any of the real handler configured for the 
> image/png type and launched by xdg-open: geeqie, gwenview, feh. I have 
> no idea concerning the reason: older xdg-open version, other code 
> working in xdg-open for kde desktop, or limited resources allocated to 
> qemu virtual machine with ubuntu-20.04 where I can reproduce the problem.

Thanks for your working. I will modify my mailcap config temporary until Org
Mode fix this issue. You're right, this change might break some behavior of some
users. I don't understand Emacs sub-process mechanism. Can't help on this
problem. But I'm interested in this. I will take some time to study in. Anyway,
thanks for your work.

Regards,

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