Re: unable to create/find a .cpp file (ed.2)

[Gary Wessle <phddas@yahoo.com>]

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:

> Gary Wessle wrote:
> > Hi
> > after my first post, I here provide more info in-order to find a fix.
> > thank you for giving me your time to fix my problems.
> > ################ from old post ################
> > ctl-xf which does find/create a file then I type test.cpp then I get this in
> > the echo area
> > ****************************************************************
> > File is opened with an external viewer. See buffer *extview log* for status messages.
> > ****************************************************************
> > in *extview log* I have
> > ****************************************************************
> > Opening file ~/test.cpp with handler: more '%s'
> > /home/fred/test.cpp: No such file or directory
> > Process extview-process finished
> > ****************************************************************
> > ################ more info ################
> > C-h v extview-application-associations'
> > (("\\.py$")
> >  ("\\.pdf$" . "xpdf %s"))
> > C-h f mailcap-parse-mimetypes function does not have any ".cpp"
> > entry:
> 
> Yes, but did you check each of the files listed in that function's
> doc string?  That is where the ".cpp" -> "more '%s'" association must
> be coming from since it's not in extview-application-associations.

sorry, but I don't get it, "function's doc string"
C-h f mailcap-parse-mimetypes output did not give any file names
either.

> 
> But I think you could override the mailcap/mimetypes association like
> this:
> 
> (setq extview-application-associations
>        (cons '("\\.cpp\\'" . nil) extview-application-associations))
> 

yes, that fixed it, thank you.