From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Dired - open files external Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 06:59:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1031c9f7-8c66-4625-929f-97d443e46dab@default> References: <87fvke86q8.fsf@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1399989636 10662 80.91.229.3 (13 May 2014 14:00:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 14:00:36 +0000 (UTC) To: Martin , help-gnu-emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 13 16:00:30 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WkDFa-0005Fl-Fb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 16:00:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45111 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkDFZ-0004Rp-N8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 10:00:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42044) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkDFC-0004Hl-Rf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 09:59:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkDF4-00060b-5z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 09:59:46 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:40177) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkDF3-00060U-S8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 09:59:38 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet22.oracle.com (ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s4DDxX6Y030065 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 13 May 2014 13:59:33 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by ucsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.5) with ESMTP id s4DDxVUg003452 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 13 May 2014 13:59:31 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0013.oracle.com (abhmp0013.oracle.com [141.146.116.19]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s4DDxVSS014581; Tue, 13 May 2014 13:59:31 GMT In-Reply-To: <87fvke86q8.fsf@gmx.at> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:97628 Archived-At: > Dired works fine here, but I cannot figure out how to open the filex > external. >=20 > 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