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Re: open with from dired
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roodwriter |
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Re: open with from dired |
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08 May 2006 11:38:49 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 |
Gary Wessle <phddas@yahoo.com> writes:
> Hi
>
> listed in dired window a pdf file, which I want to view using xpdf,
> how can I do this from the dired buffer?
>
> thanks
On top of the traditional ways, there's also an add-on called Extview
which opens files using outside programs, such as XPDF, based on their
extension. It does this both from Dired and with find-file. One
advantage is that using the traditional ! switch with dired locks up
Emacs until you close the other program. Extview does not and leaves
Emacs free for continued used.
If you need to open a file in Emacs that has an extension that Extview
will open in another viewer, like HTML, you use M-x
find-file-literally to open it in Emacs.
--Rod
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