Subject: bug#4377: marked as done (allow one to still choose xpdf instead of doc-view)

From: Tassilo Horn <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:09:38 +0200

Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:

>>> Is it really better to show the actual underlying PDF file's code in
>>> fundamental-mode?  If you don't want to view PDF files in Emacs,
>>> than don't open them in Emacs.
>
>> IMO, there should be some command in dired to open a file with an
>> external program.
>
> But there is, it's bound to "&".

Wow, how could I miss that?  It's not in the "Operate" menu, but it
definitively should!

Dired is one of the few modes where I rely on the menu bar.

Bye,
Tassilo