GNU bug report logs - #4377
allow one to still choose xpdf instead of doc-view

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:35:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 4377-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: cyd <at> stupidchicken.com
Cc: yamaoka <at> jpl.org, 4377-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: allow one to still choose xpdf instead of doc-view
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:40:02 +0800

>>>>> "CY" == Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> writes:
>> My god, that's tons and tons of lisp to add to one's .emacs file, just
>> to say "I wish to have emacs still call xpdf when encountering a .pdf
>> file, like back before they introduced doc-view".

CY> One line solution:

CY> (setq auto-mode-alist (rassq-delete-all 'doc-view-mode auto-mode-alist))

No.
This only cause the file to appear as binary gibberish.

Please provide the complete solution that will allow:
v and browse-url-of-dired-file in dired to invoke xpdf on the file.
! in dired suggest xpdf.
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