GNU bug report logs - #43318
Unable to open remote pdf directly with eww

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 43318 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43318: Unable to open remote pdf directly with eww
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:07:45 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> In my case I'm using evince, because at some point I put this in my
> "~/.mailcap":
>
>     application/pdf; evince %s
>
> And I guess evince doesn't read from stdin, as you say...

I've now fixed this on the trunk to start the external viewer the
traditional way.  It starts it synchronously, though, which isn't ideal,
but having the deletion triggered from a process filter, for instance,
will leave the temporary file there upon crashes...

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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