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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Martin <kleinerdrache@gmx.at>, help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: Dired - open files external
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 06:59:30 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1031c9f7-8c66-4625-929f-97d443e46dab@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fvke86q8.fsf@gmx.at>

> Dired works fine here, but I cannot figure out how to open the filex
> external.
> 
> Special docx and pdf should be opened external, pdf not allways but
> mostly.  How can I do that?  (For docx - it does not make much sense for
> me to see the files inside, but open it with libreoffice would be quite
> good.)

In addition to what others have mentioned, if you are on MS Windows
then, after loading `w32-browser.el' and `dired+.el', you can use
item `Open Associated Windows App' in the `Single' menu to open a
file with the associated program.

Same thing for the marked files, using `Open Associated Windows
Apps' in menus `Multiple' and `Multiple > Marked Here and Below'.

And you can use item `Single' > `Open in Windows Explorer' to open
a file or folder in Windows Explorer.

You can also right-click on a file and pick `Open Associated
Windows App' or `Open in Windows Explorer'.

There are key bindings for these as well:

`M-RET' or `mouse-2' - open with associated program
`C-RET' - open in Explorer



      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-05-13 13:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-13  7:42 Dired - open files external Martin
2014-05-13 12:49 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-05-13 13:13   ` Michael Heerdegen
2014-05-14  3:42     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-05-14 11:38       ` Michael Heerdegen
2014-05-13 12:58 ` Igor Sosa Mayor
2014-05-13 13:27 ` Igor Sosa Mayor
2014-05-13 13:59 ` Drew Adams [this message]

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