[h-e-w] Re: dired-execute-file

[Michael R . Wolf]

Michael R. Wolf <address@hidden> writes:


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> Here's a bit of code I grabbed last year. It relies on the fact that
> double-click in a windows environment calls "open" which does the
> correct associations between file type and file reader. Since "open"
> can be called from w32-shell-execute, it's not not necessary to
> (redundantly) imbed any map between file type and its "starter", nor
> is it necessary to use a different key binding for Word, Excel, ... --
> it's all bound to 'X'.

My mistake. I misinterpreted *how* my code worked.

    "start" is a Windows command.

    "open" is an argument to w32-shell-execute.

My observations on *how* it works are still correct.

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Michael R. Wolf
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