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Time for a smarter dired-guess-shell-alist-default? (dired-x.el)

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 18132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18132: Time for a smarter dired-guess-shell-alist-default? (dired-x.el)
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 15:03:52 +0100

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On Sat, 23 Oct 2021 at 14:57, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> wrote:

> Maybe I want to open PDF:s first with
> one and then another PDF reader to see if it looks the same, just as I
> would be able to from a graphical file manager.
>

Then you won't be using the default command anyway.

You say that mailcap is the wrong tool for the job.  (Why?)
>

I agree with Eli's reasoning.

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