From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to setup default program to launch directory? Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 21:56:44 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87tuhkv4qo.fsf@web.de> <87zgr87zc0.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1352"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.7+183 (3d24855) (2021-05-28) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 17 20:59:38 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mcBNi-0000B6-DL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2021 20:59:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44722 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mcBNg-0002l2-Kv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:59:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52360) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mcBMp-0002kd-Bn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:58:43 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:37025) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mcBMn-0001Xh-K6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:58:42 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.75.191.219]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000065D99.00000000616C725D.0000550E; Sun, 17 Oct 2021 11:58:35 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87zgr87zc0.fsf@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:133846 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2021-10-17 12:53]: > Jean Louis wrote: > > > And I am trying to use this one. > > > > (defun rcd-open-dir (file) > > "vlc") > > > > but it says "exited abnormally" and I cannot see > > error messages. > > > > Please show me example how you deal with it. > > What are you trying to do? > > Open all files of a certain type in a directory with a program > from dired? You missed examples I have given: - If directory is DVD copy, I need to open it with video player or enter inside if it is not; - If directory is Maildir, I wish to open it in terminal, with Mutt, or in Emacs terminal or by using Emacs Maildir package; - If directory is related to many other objects, I wish to open database showing me all other objects; Don't you play DVD directories with vlc? -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/