* double-click or return in dired to launch application
@ 2004-03-04 15:32 Joel Smith
2004-03-04 15:47 ` Benjamin Rutt
2004-03-04 18:15 ` Reiner Steib
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From: Joel Smith @ 2004-03-04 15:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
is it possible to double-click on a file in dired and have it launch an
application, i.e. click on a .doc document and word opens with the document.
i'm using emacsnt, but it would be interesting to set this up at home on my
linux box as well. thanks.
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* Re: double-click or return in dired to launch application
2004-03-04 15:32 double-click or return in dired to launch application Joel Smith
@ 2004-03-04 15:47 ` Benjamin Rutt
2004-03-04 19:09 ` Marcus Frings
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2004-03-04 18:15 ` Reiner Steib
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From: Benjamin Rutt @ 2004-03-04 15:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
Joel Smith <joelvsmith@earthlink.net> writes:
> is it possible to double-click on a file in dired and have it launch
> an application, i.e. click on a .doc document and word opens with
> the document. i'm using emacsnt, but it would be interesting to set
> this up at home on my linux box as well. thanks.
I have the following set up to do file associations and actions:
(setq dired-guess-shell-alist-user
'(("\\.jpe?g\\'" "xli")
("\\.gif\\'" "xli")
("\\.pdf\\'" "acroread")
("\\.pdf.gz\\'" "gv")
("\\.ps.gz\\'" "gv")
("\\.ps\\'" "gv")))
which allows me to specify what happens when I apply the ! key in
dired to a specific file. I suppose you could add something like
("\\.doc\\'" "start")
to that list in windows and it should work (use "ooffice" instead of
"start" in linux). Then, you could press ! RET on one of those files.
I'm not sure if that's what you want.
As to how to get it to work from a double-click, I'm not sure if it's
possible or not to intercept double-clicks, anyone?
--
Benjamin
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* Re: double-click or return in dired to launch application
2004-03-04 15:47 ` Benjamin Rutt
@ 2004-03-04 19:09 ` Marcus Frings
2004-03-04 22:23 ` J-P Theberge
2004-03-04 22:33 ` J-P Theberge
2004-03-05 14:41 ` Joel Smith
2 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Marcus Frings @ 2004-03-04 19:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
* Benjamin Rutt <brutt+news@bloomington.in.us> wrote:
> I have the following set up to do file associations and actions:
> (setq dired-guess-shell-alist-user
> '(("\\.jpe?g\\'" "xli")
> ("\\.gif\\'" "xli")
> ("\\.pdf\\'" "acroread")
> ("\\.pdf.gz\\'" "gv")
> ("\\.ps.gz\\'" "gv")
> ("\\.ps\\'" "gv")))
Is `dired-guess-shell-alist-user' new in CVS Emacs? My Emacs 21.3.1
doesn't know it.
Regards,
Marcus
--
"Intentions not up front and the shit that never faced reflects the sliver of
God's face and looped a flaw rotates forever unresolved. Sure to die.
I'll think about that."
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* Re: double-click or return in dired to launch application
2004-03-04 19:09 ` Marcus Frings
@ 2004-03-04 22:23 ` J-P Theberge
2004-03-05 9:12 ` Marcus Frings
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: J-P Theberge @ 2004-03-04 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
Marcus Frings <iam-est-hora-surgere@despammed.com> writes:
> * Benjamin Rutt <brutt+news@bloomington.in.us> wrote:
>
> > I have the following set up to do file associations and actions:
>
> > (setq dired-guess-shell-alist-user
> > '(("\\.jpe?g\\'" "xli")
> > ("\\.gif\\'" "xli")
> > ("\\.pdf\\'" "acroread")
> > ("\\.pdf.gz\\'" "gv")
> > ("\\.ps.gz\\'" "gv")
> > ("\\.ps\\'" "gv")))
>
> Is `dired-guess-shell-alist-user' new in CVS Emacs? My Emacs 21.3.1
> doesn't know it.
>
It is defined in dired-x which is not loaded by default.
-jp
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* Re: double-click or return in dired to launch application
2004-03-04 22:23 ` J-P Theberge
@ 2004-03-05 9:12 ` Marcus Frings
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From: Marcus Frings @ 2004-03-05 9:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
* J-P Theberge <jphil@amarc.org> wrote:
> It is defined in dired-x which is not loaded by default.
Ah okay, thanks for your answer. I'll have a look at it.
Regards,
Marcus
--
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verfahren, bzw. das dazu meist verwendete Programm. Vielleicht nehme ich
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* Re: double-click or return in dired to launch application
2004-03-04 15:47 ` Benjamin Rutt
2004-03-04 19:09 ` Marcus Frings
@ 2004-03-04 22:33 ` J-P Theberge
2004-03-05 14:41 ` Joel Smith
2 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: J-P Theberge @ 2004-03-04 22:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
Benjamin Rutt <brutt+news@bloomington.in.us> writes:
> Joel Smith <joelvsmith@earthlink.net> writes:
>
> > is it possible to double-click on a file in dired and have it launch
> > an application, i.e. click on a .doc document and word opens with
> > the document. i'm using emacsnt, but it would be interesting to set
> > this up at home on my linux box as well. thanks.
>
> I have the following set up to do file associations and actions:
>
> (setq dired-guess-shell-alist-user
> '(("\\.jpe?g\\'" "xli")
> ("\\.gif\\'" "xli")
> ("\\.pdf\\'" "acroread")
> ("\\.pdf.gz\\'" "gv")
> ("\\.ps.gz\\'" "gv")
> ("\\.ps\\'" "gv")))
>
> which allows me to specify what happens when I apply the ! key in
> dired to a specific file. I suppose you could add something like
>
> ("\\.doc\\'" "start")
>
> to that list in windows and it should work (use "ooffice" instead of
> "start" in linux). Then, you could press ! RET on one of those files.
> I'm not sure if that's what you want.
>
> As to how to get it to work from a double-click, I'm not sure if it's
> possible or not to intercept double-clicks, anyone?
Something like this should work:
(define-key dired-mode-map [(double-mouse-1)] 'dired-do-shell-command)
-jp
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* Re: double-click or return in dired to launch application
2004-03-04 15:47 ` Benjamin Rutt
2004-03-04 19:09 ` Marcus Frings
2004-03-04 22:33 ` J-P Theberge
@ 2004-03-05 14:41 ` Joel Smith
2004-03-05 16:38 ` Enila Nero
2 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Joel Smith @ 2004-03-05 14:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
Benjamin Rutt <brutt+news@bloomington.in.us> writes:
> Joel Smith <joelvsmith@earthlink.net> writes:
>
> > is it possible to double-click on a file in dired and have it launch
> > an application, i.e. click on a .doc document and word opens with
> > the document. i'm using emacsnt, but it would be interesting to set
> > this up at home on my linux box as well. thanks.
>
> I have the following set up to do file associations and actions:
>
> (setq dired-guess-shell-alist-user
> '(("\\.jpe?g\\'" "xli")
> ("\\.gif\\'" "xli")
> ("\\.pdf\\'" "acroread")
> ("\\.pdf.gz\\'" "gv")
> ("\\.ps.gz\\'" "gv")
> ("\\.ps\\'" "gv")))
>
> which allows me to specify what happens when I apply the ! key in
> dired to a specific file. I suppose you could add something like
>
> ("\\.doc\\'" "start")
>
> to that list in windows and it should work (use "ooffice" instead of
> "start" in linux). Then, you could press ! RET on one of those files.
> I'm not sure if that's what you want.
>
> As to how to get it to work from a double-click, I'm not sure if it's
> possible or not to intercept double-clicks, anyone?
> --
> Benjamin
I put in dired-x and added dired-guess-shell-alist-user to my .emacs like
(add-hook 'dired-load-hook
(function (lambda ()
(load "dired-x")
;; Set global variables here. For example:
;; (setq dired-guess-shell-gnutar "gtar")
(setq dired-guess-shell-alist-user
'(("\\.jpe?g\\'" "xli")
("\\.pdf\\'" "Acrobat")
("\\.pdf.gz\\'" "gsview32")
("\\.ps.gz\\'" "gsview32")
("\\.doc\\'" "start")
("\\.ps\\'" "gsview32")))
)))
I type ! RET and a word document appeared on the screen. wow! but the only
problem is that when the word document is open, emacs freezes until the
process is closed. How do I run these things in the background?
I'm not sure how to use the double-click response, i.e. how to use
dired-do-shell-command with the list provided by dired-guess-shell-alist-user.
i'll stick with the first method provided i can run things in the background.
Thanks for the help.
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* Re: double-click or return in dired to launch application
2004-03-05 14:41 ` Joel Smith
@ 2004-03-05 16:38 ` Enila Nero
0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Enila Nero @ 2004-03-05 16:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
Joel Smith <joelvsmith@earthlink.net> writes:
> Benjamin Rutt <brutt+news@bloomington.in.us> writes:
>
>> Joel Smith <joelvsmith@earthlink.net> writes:
>>
>> > is it possible to double-click on a file in dired and have it launch
>> > an application, i.e. click on a .doc document and word opens with
>> > the document. i'm using emacsnt, but it would be interesting to set
>> > this up at home on my linux box as well. thanks.
>>
>> I have the following set up to do file associations and actions:
>>
>> (setq dired-guess-shell-alist-user
>> '(("\\.jpe?g\\'" "xli")
>> ("\\.gif\\'" "xli")
>> ("\\.pdf\\'" "acroread")
>> ("\\.pdf.gz\\'" "gv")
>> ("\\.ps.gz\\'" "gv")
>> ("\\.ps\\'" "gv")))
>>
>> which allows me to specify what happens when I apply the ! key in
>> dired to a specific file. I suppose you could add something like
>>
>> ("\\.doc\\'" "start")
>>
>> to that list in windows and it should work (use "ooffice" instead of
>> "start" in linux). Then, you could press ! RET on one of those files.
>> I'm not sure if that's what you want.
>>
>> As to how to get it to work from a double-click, I'm not sure if it's
>> possible or not to intercept double-clicks, anyone?
>> --
>> Benjamin
>
> I put in dired-x and added dired-guess-shell-alist-user to my .emacs like
>
> (add-hook 'dired-load-hook
> (function (lambda ()
> (load "dired-x")
> ;; Set global variables here. For example:
> ;; (setq dired-guess-shell-gnutar "gtar")
> (setq dired-guess-shell-alist-user
> '(("\\.jpe?g\\'" "xli")
> ("\\.pdf\\'" "Acrobat")
> ("\\.pdf.gz\\'" "gsview32")
> ("\\.ps.gz\\'" "gsview32")
> ("\\.doc\\'" "start")
> ("\\.ps\\'" "gsview32")))
> )))
>
> I type ! RET and a word document appeared on the screen. wow! but the only
> problem is that when the word document is open, emacs freezes until the
> process is closed. How do I run these things in the background?
>
> I'm not sure how to use the double-click response, i.e. how to use
> dired-do-shell-command with the list provided by dired-guess-shell-alist-user.
> i'll stick with the first method provided i can run things in the background.
> Thanks for the help.
For windows try this:
(defun w32-browser (doc)
"Browse to a particular file/URL using default application"
(w32-shell-execute 1 doc))
(eval-after-load "dired"
'(progn
(define-key dired-mode-map [f3] (lambda ()
(interactive)
(w32-browser
(dired-replace-in-string
"/" "\\"
(dired-get-filename)))))
(define-key dired-mode-map [(double-down-mouse-1)] (lambda ()
(interactive)
(w32-browser
(dired-replace-in-string
"/" "\\"
(dired-get-filename)))))
))
Best of luck.
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* Re: double-click or return in dired to launch application
2004-03-04 15:32 double-click or return in dired to launch application Joel Smith
2004-03-04 15:47 ` Benjamin Rutt
@ 2004-03-04 18:15 ` Reiner Steib
1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Reiner Steib @ 2004-03-04 18:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Thu, Mar 04 2004, Joel Smith wrote:
> is it possible to double-click on a file in dired and have it launch
> an application, i.e. click on a .doc document and word opens with
> the document.
,----[ (info "(gnus)Other modes") ]
| Interaction with other modes
| ============================
|
| Dired
| -----
|
| `gnus-dired-minor-mode' provided some useful functions for dired
| buffers. It is enabled with
| (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'turn-on-gnus-dired-mode)
|
| `C-c C-m C-a'
| Send dired's marked files as an attachment (`gnus-dired-attach').
| You will be prompted for a message buffer.
|
| `C-c C-m C-l'
| Visit a file according to the appropriate mailcap entry
| (`gnus-dired-find-file-mailcap'). With prefix, open file in a new
| buffer.
|
| `C-c C-m C-p'
| Print file according to the mailcap entry (`gnus-dired-print'). If
| there is no print command, print in a PostScript image.
`----
This feature is new in the 5.10 series of Gnus, so you probably need
to upgrade your Gnus (5.10.6 is the latest stable release).
Bye, Reiner.
--
,,,
(o o)
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