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Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not ope
From: |
Suvayu Ali |
Subject: |
Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file |
Date: |
Sun, 22 Sep 2013 10:49:39 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.21 (2012-12-30) |
Hi Matt,
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Matt Price <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Suvayu Ali <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 02:29:00PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >> On Sep 19, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Suvayu Ali <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >>> I have some good news (sort of). We can force generic open by calling
> >>> >>> xdg-open like this[1]:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> DE=generic xdg-open /path/to/file
> >>> >>
> >>>
> >>> OK, this sounds useful.
> >>> Next question: Maybe people who *are* on a Desktop environment will not
> >>> like it if we force DE=generic onto them as well?
> >>> Or would't that make a difference?
> >>
> >> I did some quick searching, this part is a bit murky. The generic way
> >> of setting up default application associations with mime types is
> >> through desktop files and ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list.
> >>
> >> Now XFCE and xdg-open both use this, I do not think this is true for
> >> KDE, Gnome, or Gnome-like DEs though. So for desktops that have their
> >> own config system, it is possible xdg-open's generic and the desktop
> >> specific preference might not match.
> >>
> >> Some testing by other desktop users might be useful here. Maybe Matt
> >> and Glyn can help here (CC'ed).
> >>
> >> To test:
> >> 1. open directory with pdf/html/odt files in dired,
> >> 2. put point on one of these files,
> >> 2. run asynchronous shell command: `& DE=generic xdg-open RET'.
> >>
> >> Does it start your prefered application? If not, we should drop this
> >> idea. If yes, maybe it is worth it.
> >
> >
> > huh, I just tried it on a pdf file and an odt file, and nothing
> > opened;vI just got a message that the process had finished, and an
> > empty new Async Shell Command buffer. Is it possible I'm using a
> > nonstandard xdg-open or something, or that the problem is otherwise
> > related to my system? This is on ubuntu 13.-4, running unity.
I'm not sure what is going wrong there. That said, all this seems
rather fragile. The bug with gvfs-open has been there for over 3 years,
and I don't think there is even a bug-report open for exo-open. It's
probably best to drop the idea for now.
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, (continued)
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Carsten Dominik, 2013/09/18
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Nick Dokos, 2013/09/19
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Carsten Dominik, 2013/09/19
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Suvayu Ali, 2013/09/19
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Suvayu Ali, 2013/09/19
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Carsten Dominik, 2013/09/20
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Suvayu Ali, 2013/09/20
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Carsten Dominik, 2013/09/20
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Suvayu Ali, 2013/09/20
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- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Matt Price, 2013/09/20
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file,
Suvayu Ali <=
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Carsten Dominik, 2013/09/22
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Glyn Millington, 2013/09/17
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Matt Price, 2013/09/17
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Glyn Millington, 2013/09/18
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Matt Price, 2013/09/17
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Jambunathan K, 2013/09/03
- Re: [O] bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Achim Gratz, 2013/09/03
- [O] bug#14605: bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Jambunathan K, 2013/09/03
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- [O] bug#14605: bug#14605: bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Jambunathan K, 2013/09/03
- Re: [O] bug#14605: bug#14605: bug#14605: Problem with export an .org file to .pdf does not open pdf file, Suvayu Ali, 2013/09/03