Sorry I forgot to mention that I don't have mailcap files in my Archlinux.


On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> zhenjiang xu <zhenjiang.xu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's odd. The value of org-file-apps-defaults-gnu is:
> >
> > ((remote . emacs) (system . mailcap) (t . mailcap))
> >
> > And I checked my local mime file, which shows google-chrome is the
> default app to open html files:
> >
> > $ cat ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
> > [Added Associations]
> > application/epub+zip=FBReader.desktop;
> > application/pdf=pdf.desktop;
> > application/vnd.rn-realmedia=smplayer.desktop;
> > application/x-matroska=smplayer.desktop;
> > application/x-mimearchive=firefox.desktop;
> > application/x-ole-storage=libreoffice-impress.desktop;
> > audio/mpeg=audacious.desktop;
> > text/html=google-chrome.desktop;
> > video/mpeg=gnome-mplayer.desktop;
> > x-scheme-handler/mailto=google-chrome.desktop;KMail2.desktop;
> >
> > [Default Applications]
> > text/html=google-chrome.desktop
> > x-scheme-handler/mailto=google-chrome.desktop
> >
> > Any idea?
>
> Bastien pointed you to the mailcap files. The mailcap man page says
>
>
>  $HOME/.mailcap:/etc/mailcap:/usr/share/etc/mailcap:/usr/local/etc/mailcap
>  --  default  path
>        for mailcap files.
>
> so those are the files to check.
>
> Nick
>
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Bastien <bzg@altern.org> wrote:
> >
> >     zhenjiang xu <zhenjiang.xu@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >     > Thanks, Bastien. It's the default value - I've not changed it:
> >     >
> >     > org-file-apps is a variable defined in `org.el'.
> >     > Its value is ((auto-mode . emacs)
> >     >  ("\\.mm\\'" . default)
> >     >  ("\\.x?html?\\'" . default)
> >     >  ("\\.pdf\\'" . default))
> >
> >     So you need to check the relevant variable:
> >
> >     org-file-apps-defaults-gnu
> >     org-file-apps-defaults-macosx
> >     org-file-apps-defaults-windowsnt
> >
> >     If the relevant variable uses the defaults (as I guess),
> >     you need to configure the mailcap file for your system
> >
> >     See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailcap
> >
> >     HTH,
> >
> >     --
> >      Bastien
> >
> >
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