OK, org is awesome, but sometimes it drives you crazy.
I have just lost an hour this morning trying to figure out how to convince
HTML export to open the exported file in Firefox, rather than Chrome.
I noticed that C-c C-e h o was running "sensible-browser," and after half
an hour's completely wasted effort trying to understand the
update-alternatives system, the only thing I know is that Chrome's priority
in the system is 200 while Firefox is 40. That explains why
sensible-browser is choosing Chrome. But I can't find any example of a
command that will change the priority of an existing link.
So then I started poking around org options. I found that C-c C-o on an
http hyperlink goes through browse-url, and I can configure
browse-url-generic-program to Firefox, and C-c C-o does open such links in
Firefox. Okay... but, C-c C-e h o *still* uses sensible-browser and opens
it in the wrong program.
I opened the complete org manual (all on one page) and searched the page
for "browser." There is NO help anywhere in this document about the browser
to use for HTML export.
So then I found:
(?o "As HTML file and open"
(lambda (a s v b)
(if a (org-html-export-to-html t s v b)
(org-open-file (org-html-export-to-html nil s v b)))))))
And, looking over the definition of org-open-file, and realizing I've spent
*a whole hour* on this problem that should be a simple matter of setting
ONE option, I conclude... this is way too much of a puzzle. So I give up.
This should be a simple thing, so... can somebody please tell me a simple
way to configure this?
(Yes, I am frustrated.)
hjh
