I'm trying to open files externally (via org-attach), with a mailcap that funnels most everything to xdg-open. I notice that doing this with org-open-file gives me:
Running xdg-open /home/me/path/to/file.PDF...done But no actual open file. Doing a similar thing in gnus, with the `gnus-mime-view-part-externally' command, gives me a similar message about xdg-open, but then the file actually opens. Presumably that's because the gnus version (eventually `mm-display-external') calls xdg-open with `call-process' and org does it with `start-process-shell-command'. The first is synchronous, the second asynchronous, and I do remember seeing something on one of these lists about difficulties with xdg-open because the process returns before the file actually opens, or *doesn't* return, or some similar thing the details of which I'm forgetting. Have other people run into this difficulty? How are you solving it? Thanks! Eric
