Edward N. Lewis <ed.lew...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Links to external pdf files do not work in org-mode. Links do not export > properly > into PDF files. Links to web addresses and other file types such as text > files work fine, however. > > To reproduce: create a link in your org file in any form, > e.g. [[file:/full_path/whatever.pdf]], > [[file:/full_path/whatever.pdf][Label for file]], file:whatever.pdf. > > 1) The link will not work from within org-mode. > 2) The link will not be properly formatted when viewed in a PDF viewer > such as Adobe Acrobat Professional. To make the link work, the link's > properties have to be manually edited from within Adobe Acrobat/ > > Emacs : GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.4) > of 2011-05-23 on x86-05.phx2.fedoraproject.org > Package: Org-mode version 6.33x > I cannot reproduce this with Org-mode version 7.7 (release_7.7.311.g0c099), so I'd suspect your 6.33 (which is quite old, but unfortunately still ships with older versions of emacs). If you are at all serious about using org-mode, you probably need to install the 7.7 release (or if you are willing to live on the edge, clone the git repository and enjoy all the up-to-date features - and some breakages, but ime, breakages get fixed quickly). Nick
