The use of format in org-open-file assumes that there will only ever be a single '%s' in a mailcap entry:
(cond ((and (stringp cmd) (not (string-match "^\\s-*$" cmd))) ;; Remove quotes around the file name - we'll use shell-quote-argument. (if (string-match "['\"]%s['\"]" cmd) (setq cmd (replace-match "%s" t t cmd))) (setq cmd (format cmd (shell-quote-argument file))) However this is not necessarily the case, e.g. I have text/html; mailcap_bg %s url_handler.sh "@s" || logger "url_handler.sh failed on %s"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY" && mailcap_test %s firefox; nametemplate=%s.html text/html; w3m -T text/html -dump %s || lynx -dump %s || links -dump %s; copiousoutput; nametemplate=%s.html; description=HTML text The mailcap(4) man page doesn't explicitly say whether multiple %s is allowed or not, but it has always worked for me. The w3m || lynx || links example above is a particularly common use case, AFAIK. _______________________________________________ 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