From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: dired: changing default-action for "!" (on eg .pdf)? Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 12:55:18 +0200 Message-ID: <01c4faf0$Blat.v2.2.2$d8e99be0@zahav.net.il> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1105788072 24044 80.91.229.6 (15 Jan 2005 11:21:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:21:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 15 12:21:07 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CplzO-0000Ce-00 for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 12:21:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CpmB8-0006Ya-MZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 06:33:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CpmAh-0006Xz-0J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 06:32:47 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CpmAg-0006Xn-ER for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 06:32:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cpm95-0006Bq-LE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 06:31:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CpldC-0005MP-Pv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 05:58:11 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretski (tony06-88-64.inter.net.il [80.230.88.64]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.5.6-GR) with ESMTP id AHH24399 (AUTH halo1); Sat, 15 Jan 2005 12:58:08 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 2.2.2 In-reply-to: (dkcombs@panix.com) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:23357 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:23357 > From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) > Date: 15 Jan 2005 00:01:51 -0500 > > How to modify what dired's "!" suggests running, as default, for > file-extension of eg .pdf, from the current xpdf to adobe-reader? Tweak the variable `dired-guess-shell-alist-user'. If you tried to find this option and failed, please describe your trials. It's possible that the documentation needs an improvement. (I find the section that explains this if I type "info dired" from the command line, then type "i guess" inside the Info reader.)