Re: [O] Problem exporting to PDF (and viewing)

[Richard Stanton]

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> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 2:11 PM
> To: Richard Stanton
> Cc: address@hidden; Jonathan Leech-Pepin
> Subject: Re: [O] Problem exporting to PDF (and viewing)
> 
> Richard Stanton <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > > > 2) If not, where is the code that interprets %s? I can try
> > > > stepping through it and see what I can find.
> > > >
> > >
> > > It happens in org.el:org-open-file, specifically this piece of the code (I
> think):
> > >
> > > ,----
> > > |     (while (string-match "%s" cmd)
> > > |         (setq cmd (replace-match
> > > |                    (save-match-data
> > > |                      (shell-quote-argument
> > > |                       (convert-standard-filename file)))
> > > |                    t t cmd)))
> > > `----
> >
> > I did some tracing through, and have found where things go wrong.
> >
> > At the start of the code listed above,
> >
> > cmd = "c:/progra~1/sumatrapdf/sumatrapdf.exe %s"
> > file = "c:/dropbox/org/personal.pdf"
> >
> > (convert-standard-filename file) returns "C:/dropbox/org/personal.pdf"
> >
> > So far so good...
> >
> > However,
> >
> > (shell-quote-argument (convert-standard-filename file)) returns
> > "c\\:dropbox/org/personal.pdf"
> >
> 
> Does it really drop the slash in front of "dropbox"? When I do that on my
> system, the : is quoted, but the slash is left alone:
> 
> 
> (setq s "C:/dropbox/org/personal.pdf")
> "C:/dropbox/org/personal.pdf"
> (shell-quote-argument s)
> "C\\:/dropbox/org/personal.pdf"
> system-type
> gnu/linux
> 
> If it does indeed drop the slash, can you try just putting it back and leaving
> the backslashes alone?

Oops. I must have deleted it somehow while transcribing. No, the slash is left 
alone:

"c\\:/Dropbox/org/personal.pdf"