Re: Set org-file-apps to open a *.doc file under linux with Word ?

[Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>]

AW <alexander.willand@t-online.de> writes:

> Hi!
>
> I'm using orgmode as a replacement for folders, you know, real folders, lots 
> of paper inside. 
>
> In my orgfiles I link to many other files, mostly *.tex and *.pdf, links look 
> like
>
> [[./foo.pdf][About foo]]
>
> Sometimes I can't avoid to link to doc  or docx files. So I need my linux pc to 
> start word and load a certain file. 
>
> I'd like to link to *.doc files in the same way:
>
> [[./bar.doc][About that draft]]
>
> But how can I set org-file-apps to open a *.doc file with MS Word under Linux?  
> Word works, more or less. 
>
> To start word the command is:
>
> 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"
>
> But how in the world can I put in my .emacs file? I tried:
>
>  (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"\" %s"))
>

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