* Open file at point with external program
@ 2010-05-03 15:06 michael
2010-05-03 21:15 ` Andreas Politz
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From: michael @ 2010-05-03 15:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hi,
suppose I use emacs to edit a file which contains a path to a file,
e.g. /path/to/file/file.pdf, suppose point is at the string /path/to/
file/file.pdf, is it possible to open file.pdf with a single command
using an *external* program (e.g. gnome-open)?
thanks,
michael
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* Re: Open file at point with external program
2010-05-03 15:06 Open file at point with external program michael
@ 2010-05-03 21:15 ` Andreas Politz
2010-05-05 0:24 ` Lennart Borgman
[not found] ` <mailman.53.1273019113.29092.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-05-04 8:36 ` Marc Mientki
2010-05-04 13:28 ` Xah Lee
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From: Andreas Politz @ 2010-05-03 21:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
michael <mchls5714@googlemail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> suppose I use emacs to edit a file which contains a path to a file,
> e.g. /path/to/file/file.pdf, suppose point is at the string /path/to/
> file/file.pdf, is it possible to open file.pdf with a single command
> using an *external* program (e.g. gnome-open)?
>
> thanks,
> michael
I abuse org-mode for doing this kind of thing in a dired-buffer. I
suppose this can also work with,e.g. ffap :
(defun dired-open-file (arg)
"Abuse org-open-file to open a file at point externally."
(interactive "P")
(require 'org)
(require 'ffap)
(org-open-file (or (ffap-guesser)
(error "No filename at point"))
arg))
-ap
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* Re: Open file at point with external program
2010-05-03 15:06 Open file at point with external program michael
2010-05-03 21:15 ` Andreas Politz
@ 2010-05-04 8:36 ` Marc Mientki
2010-05-04 13:28 ` Xah Lee
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From: Marc Mientki @ 2010-05-04 8:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Am 03.05.2010 17:06, schrieb michael:
> Hi,
>
> suppose I use emacs to edit a file which contains a path to a file,
> e.g. /path/to/file/file.pdf, suppose point is at the string /path/to/
> file/file.pdf, is it possible to open file.pdf with a single command
> using an *external* program (e.g. gnome-open)?
Simply install and configure openwith.el and do ffap on the file name.
regards
Marc
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* Re: Open file at point with external program
2010-05-03 15:06 Open file at point with external program michael
2010-05-03 21:15 ` Andreas Politz
2010-05-04 8:36 ` Marc Mientki
@ 2010-05-04 13:28 ` Xah Lee
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Xah Lee @ 2010-05-04 13:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On May 3, 8:06 am, michael <mchls5...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> suppose I use emacs to edit a file which contains a path to a file,
> e.g. /path/to/file/file.pdf, suppose point is at the string /path/to/
> file/file.pdf, is it possible to open file.pdf with a single command
> using an *external* program (e.g. gnome-open)?
yeah, very easy.
See:
(defun open-in-desktop ()
"Open the current file in desktop.
Works in Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X."
(interactive)
(cond
((string-equal system-type "windows-nt")
(w32-shell-execute "explore"
(replace-regexp-in-string "/" "\\" default-
directory t t)))
((string-equal system-type "darwin") (shell-command "open ."))
) )
(defun xah-find-file-at-point ()
"Open the file path under cursor.
If there's no current text selection, this command uses current
word as input. If there is a text selection, it uses the text
selection for path. (convenient if the file path contains space)
This is similar to `find-file-at-point' but
customized for Xah Lee.
URL that starts with
“file:///xahdomain/” or “http://xahdomain/”
will also changed to local path.
The following path all works:
/Users/xah/web/xahlee_org/emacs/emacs.html
c:/Users/xah/web/xahlee_org/emacs/emacs.html
~/web/xahlee_org/emacs/emacs.html
file:///C:/Users/xah/web/xahlee_org/emacs/emacs.html
http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs.html"
(interactive)
(let (ff)
(if (and transient-mark-mode mark-active)
(progn
(setq ff (buffer-substring-no-properties (region-beginning)
(region-end) ) )
)
(setq ff (thing-at-point 'filename)))
(setq ff (xahlee-site-url-to-fpath ff))
(setq ff (local-url-to-file-path ff))
;; ; (setq ff (windows-style-path-to-unix ff))
;; make some path starting with “/” to be “~/web/xahlee_org”
(when (and
(string-equal "/" (substring ff 0 1))
(not (string-equal "/Deskto" (substring ff 0 7)))
(not (string-equal "/Developer" (substring ff 0 10)))
(not (string-equal "/Library" (substring ff 0 8)))
(not (string-equal "/Network" (substring ff 0 8)))
(not (string-equal "/System" (substring ff 0 7)))
(not (string-equal "/TheVol" (substring ff 0 7)))
(not (string-equal "/Volumes" (substring ff 0 8)))
(not (string-equal "/bin" (substring ff 0 4)))
(not (string-equal "/cores" (substring ff 0 6)))
(not (string-equal "/dev" (substring ff 0 4)))
(not (string-equal "/opt" (substring ff 0 4)))
(not (string-equal "/private" (substring ff 0 8)))
(not (string-equal "/sbin" (substring ff 0 5)))
(not (string-equal "/sw" (substring ff 0 3)))
(not (string-equal "/usr" (substring ff 0 4)))
(not (string-equal "/var" (substring ff 0 4)))
(not (string-equal "/Users/" (substring ff 0 7))))
(setq ff (concat "~/web/xahlee_org/" ff)))
(if (not (file-exists-p ff))
(if (file-exists-p (concat ff ".el"))
(find-file-at-point (concat ff ".el"))
(find-file-at-point ff)
)
(find-file-at-point ff)
)
))
btw, emacs 23 can open pdf files inside emacs... though, the feature
is not very robust of course. Some pdf files won't open...
Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/
☄
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* Re: Open file at point with external program
2010-05-03 21:15 ` Andreas Politz
@ 2010-05-05 0:24 ` Lennart Borgman
[not found] ` <mailman.53.1273019113.29092.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
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From: Lennart Borgman @ 2010-05-05 0:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas Politz; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de> wrote:
> michael <mchls5714@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> suppose I use emacs to edit a file which contains a path to a file,
>> e.g. /path/to/file/file.pdf, suppose point is at the string /path/to/
>> file/file.pdf, is it possible to open file.pdf with a single command
>> using an *external* program (e.g. gnome-open)?
>>
>> thanks,
>> michael
>
> I abuse org-mode for doing this kind of thing in a dired-buffer. I
> suppose this can also work with,e.g. ffap :
>
> (defun dired-open-file (arg)
> "Abuse org-open-file to open a file at point externally."
> (interactive "P")
> (require 'org)
> (require 'ffap)
> (org-open-file (or (ffap-guesser)
> (error "No filename at point"))
> arg))
There is also sex-mode.el in nXhtml for this.
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@ 2010-05-09 14:18 ` michael
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From: michael @ 2010-05-09 14:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hi!
Thank you very much for all the suggestions!
Michael
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