On 13.8.2013, at 15:14, Petr Hracek <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have browsed the lisp code of org.el
> where is mentioned:
> "External applications for opening `file:path' items in a document.
> Org-mode uses system defaults for different file types, but
> you can use this variable to set the application for a given file
> extension. The entries in this list are cons cells where the car identifies
> files and the cdr the corresponding command. Possible values for the
> file identifier are
> \"string\" A string as a file identifier can be interpreted in different
> ways, depending on its contents:
>
> - Alphanumeric characters only:
> Match links with this file extension.
> Example: (\"pdf\" . \"evince %s\")
> to open PDFs with evince.
>
> What does it mean system defaults?
> What command is used for getting default programs?
> xdg-mine or another?
> Thank you in advance
Hi Petr,
these defaults come from
`org-file-apps-defaults-macosx'
`org-file-apps-defaults-windowsnt'
`org-file-apps-defaults-gnu'
They are basically the "open" commands for MacOS X and Windows, and mailcap for
Unix/Linux.
Hope this helps
- Carsten
>
> greetings
> Petr
>
> On 06/25/2013 01:07 PM, Petr Hracek wrote:
>> On 06/13/2013 03:28 PM, Petr Hracek wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I would like to export some .org file into .pdf file.
>>> This should also open PDF after export is done but it does not.
>>>
>>> This is done by command C-c C-e d.
>>> In some case emacs freezes.
>>>
>>> Could you please help me?
>>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have find out that if file org/org.el where are defined variables like
>> org-file-apps
>> is mentioned
>> ("\\.pdf\\'" . default)
>>
>> When I changed them to e.g xpdf then pdf file is openned properly.
>>
>
>
> --
> Best regards / S pozdravem
> Petr Hracek
>
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