Re: Attention XEmacs users

[Tim O'Callaghan <timo@dspsrv.com>]

On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 06:36:19PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> Maybe you are not trying to open the file in emacs?
> Following a link picks an application to open the file, depending on 
> the extension.  Under windows, the default is to use "open" for 
> files, which is just like double-clicking them.  However, "open" may 
> choke on an efs path.
> 
> You can force the link to open inside emacs with C-u C-c C-o.  Have 
> you tried this?
> 

Yep, it looks like this is the problem. 


> - Carsten
> 
> On Jun 20, 2006, at 18:24, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 05:10:27PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> >>Yes, looks like this function does not do at all what I think it
> >>should be doing.  I'll remove the call, thanks for tracking this
> >>down.
> >>
> >
> >I've tracked it down to something in org-open file. It gets past the
> >"No such file: " clause. Efs seems to be functioning well enough up
> >until the point where the file actually gets opened.
> >
> >>- Carsten
> >>
> >>On Jun 20, 2006, at 17:03, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 03:47:13PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> >>>>Hi Tim,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>On Jun 20, 2006, at 14:09, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Also ":" needed to be added to org-link-escape-chars, as below:
> >>>>>(defconst org-link-escape-chars '((":" . ":") ("[" . "%5B") ("]" 
> >>>>>.
> >>>>>"%5D") (" " . "%20"))
> >>>>>"Association list of escapes for some characters problematic in
> >>>>>links.")
> >>>>
> >>>>Is there a typo in this setting?  The above setting should lead 
> >>>>to
> >>>>an
> >>>>infinite loop, because you keep replacing ":" with ":" when 
> >>>>trying
> >>>>to
> >>>>escape the link characters.  And as far as I can see, org-mode
> >>>>passes
> >>>>the file name right through to `find-file'.  Could anyone try to
> >>>>reporduce this?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>Sorry, it was a quick hack that seemed to work, and now for some
> >>>reason does not. The issue itself still exists though.
> >>>
> >>>I've tracked it down to the convert-standard-filename call in
> >>>org-open-file. If i remove the convert-standard-filename, it does
> >>>not
> >>>recognize it as an efs type file.
> >>>
> >>>Anyway convert-standard-filename is what mangles efs type file
> >>>links. My guess is that it may be related to the C:\\filename
> >>>problem
> >>>too.
> >>>
> >>>Tim.
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >>--
> >>Carsten Dominik
> >>Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek"
> >>Universiteit van Amsterdam
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> >>NL-1098SJ Amsterdam
> >>phone: +31 20 525 7477
> >>
> >
> >Tim.
> >
> >
> 
> --
> Carsten Dominik
> Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek"
> Universiteit van Amsterdam
> Kruislaan 403
> NL-1098SJ Amsterdam
> phone: +31 20 525 7477
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Tim.