Re: [O] org-open-file with xdg-open not working?

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Nicolas Richard <address@hidden> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <address@hidden> writes:
>> Presumably that's because the gnus version (eventually
>> `mm-display-external') calls xdg-open with `call-process' and org does
>> it with `start-process-shell-command'. The first is synchronous, the
>> second asynchronous, and I do remember seeing something on one of these
>> lists about difficulties with xdg-open because the process returns
>> before the file actually opens, or *doesn't* return, or some similar
>> thing the details of which I'm forgetting.
>>
>> Have other people run into this difficulty? How are you solving it?
>
> I remember having problems which I was able to solve by changing the
> value of process-connection-type to nil. Does that work for you ?

Brilliant, that did it! Very glad there was a semi-simple solution.

Thanks,
Eric