Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file

[Suvayu Ali]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 09:34:34PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> 
> On 17.9.2013, at 15:56, Suvayu Ali <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 09:04:45AM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote:
> >> Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
> >> 
> >>> On 17.9.2013, at 08:01, Matt Price <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Matt Price <address@hidden>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> xdg-open xxx.html works fine when run from the command line, but
> >>>>> from inside org-mode it seems to fail to run In particular, html,
> >>>>> odt and pdf documents no longer seem to open from the export menu,
> >>>>> even though the log in *Messages* reports that the relevant command
> >>>>> ("xdg-open-my-org-file.html") has been run.
> >>> 
> >>> Is there anyone else who has tried the xgd-open way to follow links
> >>> with Org?
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> Yes, I have the same symptoms as Matt.
> >> 
> >> GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.2)
> >> Org-mode 8.1.1  (the latest ELPA package fails in the same way)
> >> 
> >> xdg-open works on the command line but not through the org-export menu -
> >> pdfs and html files don't open automatically.  There are no error messages.
> > 
> > I see the same problem.  But I think this might be an Emacs issue; I
> > can't open a pdf from dired either (with & on a pdf file).  However I
> > can open it if I execute a shell command: M-! xdg-open file.pdf RET.
> 
> Do I need to conclude that, for the time being, xdg-open has to be removed 
> from the default value of org-file-apps?

Yes, I think so.  The problem is consistently repeatable.

It's strange though.  I'll try to investigate.

Cheers,

-- 
Suvayu

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