[Orgmode] Re: How to open pdf file links with evince under linux?..

[Matt Lundin]

Hi Daniel,

Daniel Martins <address@hidden> writes:

> my values are
>
> org-file-apps is a variable defined in `org.el'.
> Its value is
> ((auto-mode . emacs)
>  ("\\.x?html?\\'" . default))

It looks as if you have changed this variable somehow. The default value
is:
((auto-mode . emacs)
 ("\\.mm\\'" . default)
 ("\\.x?html?\\'" . default)
 ("\\.pdf\\'" . default))

With the default settings you have two options:

1. Add the following line to ~/.mailcap (user only) or /etc/mailcap
   (typical location of system-wide settings on Linux).

application/pdf; evince %s

2. Change the default settings per Jan's instructions:

> > 2010/3/23 Jan Böcker <address@hidden>
> >
> >     But we can tell Org directly what to do with PDF files: take a
> >     look at the variable org-file-apps (M-x customize-variable
> >     org-file-apps).
> >    
> >     Each entry in this list consists of (selector, action) pairs where
> >     the action tells Org how to open a file, and the selector (in most
> >     cases a regular expression matched against the file name)
> >     specifies what kind of files to open in this way.
> >    
> >     Add the following entry:
> >    
> >     Extension:      \.pdf\'
> >     Command:        evince %s
> >    
> >     Links to PDF files should now open in evince.

> which does not help very much since i think is scary to change the
> auto-mode in emacs

Changing the pdf setting in this way does nothing to the
auto-mode-alist. The auto-mode cons cell simply instructs org-mode to
open any file matching a regexp in auto-mode-alist within emacs.

> I have the same annoying problem reported by Jan

Could you explain what problem you mean here? I believe it was Leo who
reported the problem, while Jan offered a solution.

Best,
Matt