From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:19:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <327CAEEE-8A2C-4D5D-814D-7D2D40103353@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130922084939.GE28580@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com>
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On 22.9.2013, at 10:49, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 02:29:00PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sep 19, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have some good news (sort of). We can force generic open by calling
>>>>>>>> xdg-open like this[1]:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> DE=generic xdg-open /path/to/file
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, this sounds useful.
>>>>> Next question: Maybe people who *are* on a Desktop environment will not like it if we force DE=generic onto them as well?
>>>>> Or would't that make a difference?
>>>>
>>>> I did some quick searching, this part is a bit murky. The generic way
>>>> of setting up default application associations with mime types is
>>>> through desktop files and ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list.
>>>>
>>>> Now XFCE and xdg-open both use this, I do not think this is true for
>>>> KDE, Gnome, or Gnome-like DEs though. So for desktops that have their
>>>> own config system, it is possible xdg-open's generic and the desktop
>>>> specific preference might not match.
>>>>
>>>> Some testing by other desktop users might be useful here. Maybe Matt
>>>> and Glyn can help here (CC'ed).
>>>>
>>>> To test:
>>>> 1. open directory with pdf/html/odt files in dired,
>>>> 2. put point on one of these files,
>>>> 2. run asynchronous shell command: `& DE=generic xdg-open RET'.
>>>>
>>>> Does it start your prefered application? If not, we should drop this
>>>> idea. If yes, maybe it is worth it.
>>>
>>>
>>> huh, I just tried it on a pdf file and an odt file, and nothing
>>> opened;vI just got a message that the process had finished, and an
>>> empty new Async Shell Command buffer. Is it possible I'm using a
>>> nonstandard xdg-open or something, or that the problem is otherwise
>>> related to my system? This is on ubuntu 13.-4, running unity.
>
> I'm not sure what is going wrong there. That said, all this seems
> rather fragile. The bug with gvfs-open has been there for over 3 years,
> and I don't think there is even a bug-report open for exo-open. It's
> probably best to drop the idea for now.
Too bad, but true. We will drop it for now, until there
is a better and more robust idea.
- Carsten
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Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-13 13:28 bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file Petr Hracek
2013-06-25 11:07 ` Petr Hracek
2013-08-13 13:14 ` Petr Hracek
2013-08-17 12:31 ` Bastien
2013-08-17 12:31 ` Bastien
2013-09-02 5:35 ` bug#14605: [O] " Carsten Dominik
2013-09-02 8:34 ` bug#14605: " Jambunathan K
2013-09-02 8:34 ` bug#14605: [O] " Jambunathan K
2013-09-02 8:44 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-02 9:40 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-02 9:40 ` bug#14605: " Jambunathan K
2013-09-02 9:47 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-02 9:55 ` bug#14605: [O] bug#14605: " Carsten Dominik
2013-09-02 9:55 ` bug#14605: " Carsten Dominik
2013-09-02 10:08 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-02 16:54 ` Achim Gratz
2013-09-02 19:05 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-03 17:14 ` Achim Gratz
2013-09-02 20:54 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-02 23:27 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-03 7:52 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-03 8:44 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-03 9:12 ` Achim Gratz
2013-09-03 9:57 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-17 4:42 ` Matt Price
2013-09-17 6:01 ` Matt Price
2013-09-17 7:16 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-17 8:04 ` Glyn Millington
2013-09-17 13:56 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-17 19:34 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-17 19:42 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-17 19:53 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-17 20:21 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-17 20:31 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-17 21:25 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-17 21:34 ` Glyn Millington
2013-09-17 22:10 ` Matt Price
2013-09-18 6:51 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-18 6:53 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-18 8:28 ` Glyn Millington
2013-09-18 9:07 ` Eric S Fraga
2013-09-18 12:14 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-19 2:25 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-19 4:34 ` Nick Dokos
2013-09-19 6:24 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-19 6:36 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-19 14:25 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-20 10:49 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-20 11:07 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-20 12:29 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-20 13:14 ` Suvayu Ali
[not found] ` <CAN_Dec9q-DOpDvkDtvv85gHUQQxZ1NYWZ-OTBcYufrRXr4UCRQ@mail.gmail.com>
2013-09-20 22:35 ` Matt Price
2013-09-22 8:49 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-22 9:19 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2013-09-17 21:25 ` Glyn Millington
2013-09-17 22:11 ` Matt Price
2013-09-18 5:21 ` Glyn Millington
2013-09-17 6:34 ` Matt Price
2013-09-02 10:08 ` bug#14605: [O] bug#14605: bug#14605: " Carsten Dominik
2013-09-02 10:20 ` bug#14605: " Jambunathan K
2013-09-02 10:20 ` bug#14605: [O] " Jambunathan K
2013-09-02 16:22 ` bug#14605: bug#14605: " Torsten Wagner
2013-09-02 16:22 ` bug#14605: [O] " Torsten Wagner
2013-09-03 4:59 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-03 4:59 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-02 9:47 ` bug#14605: [O] bug#14605: " Suvayu Ali
2013-09-02 10:12 ` bug#14605: " Jambunathan K
2013-09-02 10:12 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-02 10:12 ` bug#14605: [O] " Jambunathan K
2013-09-03 13:35 ` bug#14605: " Suvayu Ali
2013-09-03 13:35 ` bug#14605: [O] " Suvayu Ali
2013-09-02 8:44 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-02 5:35 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-08-13 13:14 ` Petr Hracek
2013-06-25 11:07 ` Petr Hracek
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