From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14110: 24.3.50; Add command to open files outside of Emacs (use xdg-open, open etc) Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:08:29 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87zjxi4u15.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1365037744 1667 80.91.229.3 (4 Apr 2013 01:09:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 01:09:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 14110@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jambunathan K Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 04 03:09:32 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UNYgF-0005OH-Ig for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:09:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53336 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UNYfq-000782-MS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:09:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44018) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UNYfl-00077w-NM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:09:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UNYfg-00039W-4n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:09:01 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56726) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UNYfg-00039Q-1J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:08:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UNYig-00045b-Cf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:12:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:12:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14110 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14110-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14110.136503790015682 (code B ref 14110); Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:12:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14110) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Apr 2013 01:11:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60835 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UNYiJ-00044s-Ns for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:11:40 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:52872) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UNYiH-00044l-GG for 14110@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:11:37 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABK/CFFFxLSu/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHgbBLZEKA6R6gV6DEw X-IPAS-Result: Av8EABK/CFFFxLSu/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHgbBLZEKA6R6gV6DEw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="6437071" Original-Received: from 69-196-180-174.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO fmsmemgm.homelinux.net) ([69.196.180.174]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 03 Apr 2013 21:08:27 -0400 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id B6B14AE3CB; Wed, 3 Apr 2013 21:08:29 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87zjxi4u15.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:27:58 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:73135 Archived-At: > Add support for opening files outside of Emacs (use xdg-open, open etc). > This is something that I sorely missed or continue to miss. For those people who find xdg-open not customizable enough, I think open-file deserves an alist associating different commands to different file kinds. I guess in this sense I agree with Leo, that it should probably use dired-guess-shell or something like that. Stefan