On Sep 2, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> writes: > >> They are basically the "open" commands for MacOS X and Windows, and >> mailcap for Unix/Linux. > > The suggestion below is met with some approval in the Orgmode mailist > earlier. > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-07/msg00407.html > > Here I go. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Turn `org-file-apps-defaults-gnu' (which is now a defconst) in to > defcustom and make xdg-open the default (or make a drop down list with > gnome-open, kde-open for people who don't have xdg-utils insalled) . > > (defconst org-file-apps-defaults-gnu > '((remote . emacs) > (system . mailcap) > (t . mailcap)) > "Default file applications on a UNIX or GNU/Linux system. > See `org-file-apps'.") > > > (custom-set-variables > '(org-file-apps > (quote > ((auto-mode . emacs) > ("\\.mm\\'" . default) > ("\\.x?html?\\'" . default) > ("\\.pdf\\'" . default)))) > '(org-file-apps-defaults-gnu > (quote > ((remote . emacs) > (system . "xdg-open %s") > (t . mailcap))) t)) > I have not followed the discussion earlier. The problem I see is that I do not know how widely available these commands are on Linux. Maybe we can built the default value using executable-find or something like this? - Carsten > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Anyways, opening a file outside of Emacs is not specific to Org. Other > applications can open facility, if available right within Emacs core. > > For some discussion surrounging - `open-file' - see > http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=14110
