Re: [O] pdf files with openwith only, and only this.

[Colin Baxter]

Dear Joseph,
>>>>> Joseph Vidal-Rosset <joseph.vidal.ros...@gmail.com> writes:

    > Hi the list, I do not want to use pdf-tools to view pdf in emacs,
    > I want only to use an external program (evince) to view pdf
    > files. Unfortunately, links to pdf do not work with openwith and
    > my emacs open on a pdf. I cannot delete pdft-tools that is a
    > dependency of org-ref that I am using. A solution for my setup
    > would be welcome.

Try this:

(add-hook 'org-mode-hook
           '(lambda ()
            (delete '("\\.pdf\\'" . default) org-file-apps)
            (add-to-list 'org-file-apps '("\\.pdf\\'" . "evince %s"))))

Best wishes,
 
Colin Baxter
www.Colin-Baxter.com