From: notbob <notbob@nothome.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Opening a file from dired as OS would in Linux
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 02:12:30 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnh215ge.3gf.notbob@bb.nothome.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.8088.1243617318.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
On 2009-05-29, David Vanderschel <DJV5@Austin.RR.com> wrote:
> I am now switching over to Ubuntu, and I do not know how to say the equivalent
> of "(w32-shell-execute "open" ...". But I would certainly like to be able to
> launch files from dired. E.g., open this .PDF file in the viewer.
Not sure if this is what you're looking for. See requirments in beginning
of file. I linked to the cached page so you can see the pdf spec. I'm
still too green to even load a lisp file, so I'll let you decide. ;)
http://tinyurl.com/mpwbtt
nb
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2009-05-30 2:12 ` notbob [this message]
2009-05-30 18:25 ` Opening a file from dired as OS would in Linux jpkotta
2009-05-29 17:09 David Vanderschel
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