Am 07.01.2017 um 11:39 schrieb Marco Wahl:
> Hi,
>
> Florian Lindner <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> the Org Attach dispatcher offers a key "f" to open the attachment directory
>> not in Emacs.
>>
>> (defun org-attach-reveal (&optional if-exists)
>> "Show the attachment directory of the current task.
>> This will attempt to use an external program to show the directory."
>> (interactive "P")
>> (let ((attach-dir (org-attach-dir (not if-exists))))
>> (and attach-dir (org-open-file attach-dir))))
>>
>> On my two systems this is the same a F, it opens in dired. xdg-open . uses
>> dolphin to open inode/directory. How does Emacs/org determine which
>> application to use? How can I influence it?
>
> The documentation of `org-open-file' points to variable `org-file-apps'.
> You can customize `org-file-apps'.
>
> E.g. the entry
>
> [INS] [DEL] Cons-cell:
> Choice: [Value Menu] Links to a directory
> Choice: [Value Menu] Command: firefox %s
>
> stands for opening directories in firefox.
Ok, thanks. I've set org-file-apps like that now
org-file-apps '((system . "xdg-open %s")
("\\.pdf\\'" . system)
(directory . system)
(auto-mode . emacs)))
and it seems to work.
IMHO should mailcap be deprecated in favor of xdg-open.
Best,
Florian
