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From: brian powell <briangpowellms@gmail.com>
To: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: setting default pdf viewer
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:25:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFm0skEzFfbT0D9oobam-52-MiN60CfBVZptcv6z6HVBxjZvAA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vcmbf49b.fsf@psinom.home>

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I much prefer OKULAR over EVINCE

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:15 PM, prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-11 22:26 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
2012-03-11 22:25     ` brian powell [this message]
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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