open with from dired

open with from dired

[Gary Wessle]

Hi

listed in dired window a pdf file, which I want to view using xpdf,
how can I do this from the dired buffer?

thanks

Re: open with from dired

[snlee]

Gary Wessle <phddas@yahoo.com> writes:

> Hi
>
> listed in dired window a pdf file, which I want to view using xpdf,
> how can I do this from the dired buffer?
>
> thanks

(require 'dired-x)
(setq dired-guess-shell-alist-default (cons (list "\\.pdf\\'" "xpdf")
                                             dired-guess-shell-alist-default))

Re: open with from dired

[Mathias Dahl]

Gary Wessle <phddas@yahoo.com> writes:

> listed in dired window a pdf file, which I want to view using xpdf,
> how can I do this from the dired buffer?

! xpdf * RET

Re: open with from dired

[roodwriter]

Gary Wessle <phddas@yahoo.com> writes:

> Hi
> 
> listed in dired window a pdf file, which I want to view using xpdf,
> how can I do this from the dired buffer?
> 
> thanks

On top of the traditional ways, there's also an add-on called Extview
which opens files using outside programs, such as XPDF, based on their
extension. It does this both from Dired and with find-file. One
advantage is that using the traditional ! switch with dired locks up
Emacs until you close the other program. Extview does not and leaves
Emacs free for continued used.

If you need to open a file in Emacs that has an extension that Extview
will open in another viewer, like HTML, you use M-x
find-file-literally to open it in Emacs. 

--Rod
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