From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Dired - open files external
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 20:49:41 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87siodzvve.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87fvke86q8.fsf@gmx.at
Martin <kleinerdrache@gmx.at> writes:
> Hi there,
>
> Dired works fine here, but I cannot figure out how to open the filex
> external.
>
> 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.)
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
I've found external-file programs to be one of the more gruesome
aspects of Emacs, with solutions ranging from mailcap to xdg-open.
Multiple packages demand their individual solutions. I have opted for
the scorched-earth policy, and tried to route absolutely everything
non-emacs through xdg-open. Then, at the very least, I have one point of
control. For dired, that looks like this:
(defun dired-open (&optional file-list)
(interactive
(list (dired-get-marked-files t current-prefix-arg)))
(apply 'call-process "xdg-open" nil 0 nil file-list))
;;'e' usually does 'dired-find-file, same as RET, rebinding it here
(add-hook 'dired-mode-hook
'(lambda ()
(define-key dired-mode-map (kbd "e") 'dired-open)))
(setq image-dired-external-viewer "/usr/bin/xdg-open")
Others will hopefully provide less extreme solutions!
Eric
This reminds me that one of my tasks for the next couple of days is
making org-open-file also a slave to xdg-open.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-13 12:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-13 7:42 Dired - open files external Martin
2014-05-13 12:49 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2014-05-13 13:13 ` Michael Heerdegen
2014-05-14 3:42 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-05-14 11:38 ` Michael Heerdegen
2014-05-13 12:58 ` Igor Sosa Mayor
2014-05-13 13:27 ` Igor Sosa Mayor
2014-05-13 13:59 ` Drew Adams
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