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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From: Tassilo Horn <tassilo <at> member.fsf.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 4377 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>,
        Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, yamaoka <at> jpl.org,
        jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#4377: marked as done (allow one to still choose xpdf instead of doc-view)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:09:38 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> 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
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