On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 09:34:34PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > On 17.9.2013, at 15:56, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 09:04:45AM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: > >> Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> writes: > >> > >>> On 17.9.2013, at 08:01, Matt Price <mopto...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Matt Price <mopto...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> xdg-open xxx.html works fine when run from the command line, but > >>>>> from inside org-mode it seems to fail to run In particular, html, > >>>>> odt and pdf documents no longer seem to open from the export menu, > >>>>> even though the log in *Messages* reports that the relevant command > >>>>> ("xdg-open-my-org-file.html") has been run. > >>> > >>> Is there anyone else who has tried the xgd-open way to follow links > >>> with Org? > >>> > >> > >> Yes, I have the same symptoms as Matt. > >> > >> GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.2) > >> Org-mode 8.1.1 (the latest ELPA package fails in the same way) > >> > >> xdg-open works on the command line but not through the org-export menu - > >> pdfs and html files don't open automatically. There are no error messages. > > > > I see the same problem. But I think this might be an Emacs issue; I > > can't open a pdf from dired either (with & on a pdf file). However I > > can open it if I execute a shell command: M-! xdg-open file.pdf RET. > > Do I need to conclude that, for the time being, xdg-open has to be removed > from the default value of org-file-apps?
Yes, I think so. The problem is consistently repeatable. It's strange though. I'll try to investigate. Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.