From: AW <alexander.willand@t-online.de>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Set org-file-apps to open a *.doc file under linux with Word ?
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:36:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3109824.nS2HuL8PkS@linux-j9m3.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vbz4htos.fsf@gmail.com>
Am Donnerstag, 5. Dezember 2013, 08:48:11 schrieb Jambunathan K:
> Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
> > Off the top of my head, I would say
> >
> > (add-to-list 'org-file-apps
> >
> > '("\\.doc" . "env WINEPREFIX=\"/home/AW/.wine-office\" wine
> > \"C:\\windows\\command\\start.exe\" /Unix
> > \"/home/AW/.wine-office/dosdevices/c:/users/AW/Start
> > Menu/Programs/Microsoft Office/Microsoft Word 2010.lnk\""))>
> > i.e. just the command you provided enclosed in double quotes, except that
> >
> > certain characters within have to be escaped:
> > " -> \"
> > \ -> \\
> >
> > The long string will probably be broken up into multiple lines by some
> > mailer but it is supposed to be one long string with no newlines. I
> > don't know if the spaces in the path will cause problems.
> >
> > Untested (except that I did evaluate the add-to-list and got no errors):
> > no Word and no wine here.
> >
> > BTW, why not LibreOffice? Does it mishandle your .doc files?
> >
> > Nick
>
> The easiest way to get the same effect is to use
>
> M-x customize-variable RET org-file-apps RET
>
> and specify a command. Once it is saved, the .emacs will have the
> resulting "nightmarish string" :-)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Another way to "quote" a string would be to use
>
> M-x pp-eval-expression RET (read-string "Enter string: ") RET
>
> and copy-paste the output from *Pp Eval Output* to .emacs or .el file.
Thank you, customization worked, but it did not start word -- I'm going
another way now.
Regards,
Alexander
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-05 13:34 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 [this message]
2013-12-05 15:17 ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-05 15:21 ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-05 16:35 ` AW
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
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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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