Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > I'm trying to open files externally (via org-attach), with a mailcap > that funnels most everything to xdg-open. I notice that doing this with > org-open-file gives me: > > Running xdg-open /home/me/path/to/file.PDF...done > > But no actual open file. > > Doing a similar thing in gnus, with the `gnus-mime-view-part-externally' > command, gives me a similar message about xdg-open, but then the file > actually opens. > > Presumably that's because the gnus version (eventually > `mm-display-external') calls xdg-open with `call-process' and org does > it with `start-process-shell-command'. The first is synchronous, the > second asynchronous, and I do remember seeing something on one of these > lists about difficulties with xdg-open because the process returns > before the file actually opens, or *doesn't* return, or some similar > thing the details of which I'm forgetting. > > Have other people run into this difficulty?
Yes. > How are you solving it? By not using xdg-open: I tend to add explicit entries in my .mailcap instead. -- Nick