From: AW <alexander.willand@t-online.de>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Set org-file-apps to open a *.doc file under linux with Word ?
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 17:35:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1929679.UkPdR2a41B@linux-j9m3.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8738m7jpcv.fsf@gmail.com>
Am Donnerstag, 5. Dezember 2013, 20:51:04 schrieb Jambunathan K:
> AW <alexander.willand@t-online.de> writes:
> > Thank you, customization worked, but it did not start word -- I'm going
> > another way now.
>
> I am playing a guessing game and really don't know what I am saying.
>
> Try this.
>
>
> M-: (shell-quote-argument (read-string "Enter string:"))
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> When prompted enter
>
> whatever wine whatever "%s"
>
> Now put whatever string you get in *Pp Eval Output* DIRECTLY in to your
> .emacs. See the attached snippet.el for what I get.
>
> Instead of passing env as part of the command, I think you can add this
> to your .emacs.
>
> (setenv "WINEPREFIX" "/home/AW/.wine-office")
>
> You can also do
>
> M-x setenv
>
> to set environment variables.
I found out, that things are much more complicated:
I wrote a bash script "word.sh" (see my other mail on this) and tried to figure
out how to pass a filename to it. Even this is not obvious, because from the
viewpoint of Word under Wine filenames differ from the real filename in the
system. I did not suceed to make Word start and open a file foo.docx. You know,
something weird as
"word.sh" "C:/users/AW/Meine Dokumente/Dokumente/temp/foo.docx"
made Word start, but not open a document, and Word complains about missing dot
something. And often people send files with names which are a pain to read,
including "$" -signs, brackets and whatever.
The whole thing is way too difficult for me and I have to dismiss the idea.
Thanks to you and everyone who offered help, but it was not a good idea.
Regards,
Alexander
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-05 16:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-04 21:56 Set org-file-apps to open a *.doc file under linux with Word ? AW
2013-12-04 23:26 ` Nick Dokos
2013-12-05 3:12 ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-05 3:18 ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-05 13:36 ` AW
2013-12-05 15:17 ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-05 15:21 ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-05 16:35 ` AW [this message]
2013-12-05 16:40 ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-05 13:34 ` AW
2013-12-05 19:48 ` Achim Gratz
2013-12-05 9:01 ` Achim Gratz
2013-12-05 13:38 ` AW
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-12-04 21:37 AW
2013-12-04 21:55 ` AW
[not found] ` <mailman.8139.1386193990.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-04 22:10 ` Emanuel Berg
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