Re: [O] Proper use of 'org-file-apps'

[Nick Dokos]

Vladimir Lomov <address@hidden> writes:

> ** Nick Dokos [2013-06-27 01:52:49 -0400]:
>
>> Vladimir Lomov <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle org-apps-c.el
>> >   (add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/org")
>> >   (require 'org)
>> >   (setq org-file-apps
>> >    '( ("\\.pdf::\\(\\d+\\)\\'" . "run-me --page %1 %s")
>> >       ("\\.pdf\\'" . "run-me %s")
>> >     )
>> >   )
>> > #+END_SRC
>
>
>> \d is Perl regexp syntax for matching a digit, but (afaik) not emacs
>> syntax. Try
>
>> >    '( ("\\.pdf::\\([0-9]+\\)\\'" . "run-me --page %1 %s")
>
>> or
>
>> >    '( ("\\.pdf::\\([[:digit:]]+\\)\\'" . "run-me --page %1 %s")
>
>> instead.
> D'oh, I had searched Emacs manual about meaning of \' but didn't try to
> check if \d is acceptable. Nevertheless, 'org-file-apps' docstring must
> be updated then, because this \\d part is from it.
>

Yes, indeed. There's also the vexing question of backslashes. At least
in my version of the C-h v org-file-apps output, the examples appear
with single backslashes in the quoted strings, so if somebody just cuts
and pastes, it is *not* going to work.

Could you make a patch?
-- 
Nick