Unable to open some files in emacs with emacs 25.3.

Unable to open some files in emacs with emacs 25.3.

[Sharon Kimble]

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Ever since updating to emacs 25.3 yesterday I find that I cannot open
some of my files in emacs. This is the case in point -

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
 [[~/cron/boudiccas.crontab]] 
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

On Monday that link would open the file in emacs, today, it doesn't and
the only change is the new emacs version.

So how do I fix it or get round it please?

To avoid cross-posting I'm going to send this email separately to the
'help-gun-emacs' list.

Thanks
Sharon.
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Re: Unable to open some files in emacs with emacs 25.3.

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:

> Ever since updating to emacs 25.3 yesterday I find that I cannot open
> some of my files in emacs. This is the case in point -
>
>  [[~/cron/boudiccas.crontab]]
>
> On Monday that link would open the file in emacs, today, it doesn't and
> the only change is the new emacs version.
>
> So how do I fix it or get round it please?

- What is the error message, if any?

- Is it specific to this file? Have you tried with another one?

- What happens if you insert the "file:" prefix, i.e,
  [[file:~/cron/boudiccas.crontab]]?

- How do you "open" the file? Is it with C-c C-o, RET, or something
  else? What happens if you call directly `M-x org-open-at-point'?

Regards,

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Nicolas Goaziou