Re: [O] [bug?] Tramp tries to open remote file links

[Michael Albinus]

Sebastien Vauban <address@hidden> writes:

> Michael Albinus wrote:
>> Sebastien Vauban writes:
>>
>>> Though, is it normal to try to open a remote PDF file while Emacs is
>>> unable of displaying it in the buffer (unlike PNG files, IIUC)?
>>
>> Emacs is also able to open and display a remote PDF file.
>
> IIUC, Emacs can't display real PDF files. It only can convert them (via
> DocView) to PNG, one per page, in order to give a similar experience.

That's what I'm speaking about. And if you have a local DocView
installation, it works for either remote or local files (Tramp provides
a local copy of the remote file).

If you want to suppress PDFs in org, you shall do it regardless of its
location.

> Best regards,
>   Seb

Best regards, Michael.