Re: open file link in dired?

[Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org>]

Bastien writes:

> Hi Alan,
>
> Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:
>
>> My google-fu has failed me, and
>> http://orgmode.org/manual/Handling-links.html does not seem to have the
>> answer: is it possible to open a file link in dired (i.e., a dired
>> buffer in the enclosing directory with the cursor on the file)?
>
> I'd do something like this:
>
> (org-add-link-type "file+emacs+dired" 'org-open-file-with-emacs-dired)
>
> (defun org-open-file-with-emacs-dired (path)
>   "Open in dired."
>   (let ((d (file-name-directory path))
> 	(f (file-name-nondirectory path)))
>     (dired d)
>     (goto-char (point-min))
>     (search-forward f nil t)))
>
> which will work for a new link type file+emacs+dired.

Thank you, this would work nicely. However I don't know how to specify,
when I open the file, which link-type to use. Would I need to modify the
link itself from "file" to "file+emacs+dired" before opening it?

Alan