On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 at 19:04, Maxim Nikulin <m.a.niku...@gmail.com> wrote: > […] > > Geraldo, "M-x shell" case is rather strange. Could you, please, confirm > ones more that okular window with the file content does not appear if > you call xdg-open from an *interactive* emacs shell buffer? The link to > an emacs-orgmode list message, that I have posted earlier, explains why > async-shell-command *may* fail while shell-command should work reliably. > I am really surprised by failure when command is executed in a [e]shell > buffer. >
I was expecting something similar, surprisingly here is what I observed on my system (with emacs -Q, GNOME and Evince — Document Viewer). M-x eshell $ xdg-open ~/Documents/test.pdf [Nothing happens] M-x shell $ xdg-open ~/Documents/test.pdf [Evince pops up with the PDF] M-! xdg-open ~/Documents/test.pdf [Evince pops up with the PDF] M-& xdg-open ~/Documents/test.pdf [Nothing happens] Emacs: 27.1.91 GNOME: 3.38.3 xdg-open 1.1.3+ -- Warm Regards, Bhavin Gandhi (bhavin192) | https://geeksocket.in
