Am Donnerstag, 5. Dezember 2013, 08:48:11 schrieb Jambunathan K: > Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> writes: > > Off the top of my head, I would say > > > > (add-to-list 'org-file-apps > > > > '("\\.doc" . "env WINEPREFIX=\"/home/AW/.wine-office\" wine > > \"C:\\windows\\command\\start.exe\" /Unix > > \"/home/AW/.wine-office/dosdevices/c:/users/AW/Start > > Menu/Programs/Microsoft Office/Microsoft Word 2010.lnk\""))> > > i.e. just the command you provided enclosed in double quotes, except that > > > > certain characters within have to be escaped: > > " -> \" > > \ -> \\ > > > > The long string will probably be broken up into multiple lines by some > > mailer but it is supposed to be one long string with no newlines. I > > don't know if the spaces in the path will cause problems. > > > > Untested (except that I did evaluate the add-to-list and got no errors): > > no Word and no wine here. > > > > BTW, why not LibreOffice? Does it mishandle your .doc files? > > > > Nick > > The easiest way to get the same effect is to use > > M-x customize-variable RET org-file-apps RET > > and specify a command. Once it is saved, the .emacs will have the > resulting "nightmarish string" :-) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Another way to "quote" a string would be to use > > M-x pp-eval-expression RET (read-string "Enter string: ") RET > > and copy-paste the output from *Pp Eval Output* to .emacs or .el file.
Thank you, customization worked, but it did not start word -- I'm going another way now. Regards, Alexander