Hi Aaron, Aaron Siegel wrote: > On Sunday, May 26, 2013 05:31:41 PM Aaron Siegel wrote: >> I would like to use org-mode to manage my documents. I would like to be >> able to click on a like and have the document open in the operate program >> for the OS; example a pdf file will open in Adobe Acrobat Reader in windows >> and Okular in my linux system. >> >> I am trying to migrate to emacs bundle with cygwin in hopes I can create a >> configuration that is portable between the two systems. I have been using >> the portableApplication emacs and it does work. I am able to click on a >> link and open a document in a Window's application. Can I get this to work >> with the cygwin version? >> >> Any recommendation on a emacs for Windows? > > I installed the Windows binarys distrubied by the emacs project, it works > everything. I set the enviromental variables ~ and HOME to point to my home > directory where my .emacs files are stored. > > That was it. I spent months fighting with PortableApps and the emacs bundle > with cygwin.
And, for opening the right apps, using a .mailcap file can help [1] (where you can specify apps to use when in Windows, or when in Linux, all in the same file). --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- ## .mailcap -- MIME Viewer configuration file #* Commentary: # `%s' means "put the datafile name here when the viewer is executed" # # `test=test -n "$DISPLAY"' is used to determine if the current session is # X-capable (by checking for the existence of a DISPLAY environment # variable) #* Code: #... application/pdf; "C:/Program Files (x86)/SumatraPDF/SumatraPDF.exe" "%s" application/pdf; evince "%s"; test=sh -c 'test $DISPLAY' application/pdf; pdftotext "%s" -; copiousoutput #... --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Best regards, Seb [1] At least, for opening Gnus attachments. -- Sebastien Vauban
