From: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: setting default pdf viewer
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:15:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vcmbf49b.fsf@psinom.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CALnw1fSRU-KxFOMde-uGWvp6rDiJOLeSd3bj=e5w+PgQW_uLQw@mail.gmail.com
Puneeth Chaganti <punchagan@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:31 PM, prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> wrote:
>> how do i set evince as the default.
>>
>> right now xpdf is, but if i remove it, following a link to a pdf file
>> produces nothing.
>>
>> i'm using gnome and evince is the default there (eg through nautilus),
>> so somehow it seems that orgmode has decided to make xpdf the default
>> instead.
>
> Customize the variable `org-file-apps'. Look at documentation of the
> variable, for an example and options available.
>
thx Puneeth! that's what i was looking for!
strange thing is that it was already set to default so i thought evince
would come up. then i changed it to system and xpdf still opened it.
anyway, i altered it to
evince -p %1 %s
and all is well.
--
in friendship,
prad
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-11 17:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-11 8:01 setting default pdf viewer prad
2012-03-11 8:17 ` Puneeth Chaganti
2012-03-11 17:15 ` prad [this message]
2012-03-11 22:25 ` brian powell
2012-03-12 0:50 ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-12 1:58 ` prad
2012-03-12 2:50 ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-12 5:06 ` Eric Abrahamsen
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-03-13 14:16 Nick Dokos
2012-03-13 15:42 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2012-03-13 15:47 ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-13 21:32 ` Achim Gratz
2012-03-15 2:33 ` François Pinard
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