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Re: [BUG] Documentation fix needed in "4.4 External Links" [9.6 ( @ /hom
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David Masterson |
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Re: [BUG] Documentation fix needed in "4.4 External Links" [9.6 ( @ /home/dsmasterson/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.6/)] |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:01:34 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
> David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>>> 2. If #1 depends on some org variable settings, can you mention what
>>>> variables control the answer to #1?
>>>
>>> If you mean "can open", then see the next section.
>>
>> Ahh, maybe I am in the wrong section. I think, what I want is
>> org-open-at-point (which could be mentioned in 4.4), but it's
>> documentation string just says the linked file will be opened by "an
>> appropriate application". I assume that that means some Elisp function
>> is called that cross-references the file type with appropriate
>> application. And that I could add to or adjust the cross-reference list
>> for new/modified file types. It would be nice to mention that list
>> variable so that I could trace the process further and determine what to
>> do (like install the appropriate application).
>>
>> Does this help for what I'm looking for?
>
> 4.5 Handling Links
> ...
> ‘C-c C-o’ (‘org-open-at-point’)
> ...
> ... Furthermore, it visits text and
> remote files in ‘file’ links with Emacs and select a suitable
> application for local non-text files. Classification of files is
> based on file extension only. See option ‘org-file-apps’. If you
> want to override the default application and visit the file with
> Emacs, use a ‘C-u’ prefix. If you want to avoid opening in Emacs,
> use a ‘C-u C-u’ prefix.
D***, I'm getting old! These things used to pop out at me in the old
days. Apologies for the dumb question... :(
Do you think (some part of) this (semi-)paragraph should be mentioned in
the docstring for 'org-open-at-point' (and 'org-open-at-mouse')? I'm of
the opinion that, if you walk-thru the docstring links, you would get
all the info you'd get in the manual (and more), but not necessarily
explained in a user-friendly form,
--
David Masterson