[Orgmode] Re: OT?: viewing pdf as attachment

[Bernt Hansen]

John Rakestraw <address@hidden> writes:

>> Hi --
>> 
>> I think this is not specifically an org-mode issue, but it shows up in
>> org.
>> 
>> I've started using the file attachment feature. I really like the way
>> it works, except that it doesn't work consistently with pdf files on
>> one of my computers. I can attach a pdf easily, but when I try to open
>> the attachment from org-mode, acroread opens as expected but it
>> doesn't open the file -- instead, I have an empty acroread window
>> (the same window I get if I open acroread from the command line with
>> no file specified). The program is run, but somehow the file name
>> isn't passed to the program.
>> 
>> I'm puzzled because it works as expected on my other primary computer,
>> and both computers have basically the emacs and org-mode same set-up
>> -- i.e., .emacs and the org-configuration files are identical. (I know
>> they're identical because they're synched between computers.) So
>> there's some other setting that's off. I'm hoping that someone can
>> give me a hint where to look. I've come up empty in my searches.
>> 
>> Set-up on both computers:
>>  - emacs 22.2.1
>>  - org 6.12trans
>>  - Fedora 8
>>  - fvwm window manager
>
> Apologies for replying to my own message, but I forgot to say that when
> I run "acroread some_file.pdf" from a terminal, acroread opens the file
> as expected.

I'm assuming this is a Linux system...

This is probably a MIME handling setup issue between your two machines.
Check your mailcap settings (/etc/mailcap and ~/.mailcap probably).

If it's Windows...well you're on your own ;)

-Bernt