> Hi -- > > I think this is not specifically an org-mode issue, but it shows up in > org. > > I've started using the file attachment feature. I really like the way > it works, except that it doesn't work consistently with pdf files on > one of my computers. I can attach a pdf easily, but when I try to open > the attachment from org-mode, acroread opens as expected but it > doesn't open the file -- instead, I have an empty acroread window > (the same window I get if I open acroread from the command line with > no file specified). The program is run, but somehow the file name > isn't passed to the program. > > I'm puzzled because it works as expected on my other primary computer, > and both computers have basically the emacs and org-mode same set-up > -- i.e., .emacs and the org-configuration files are identical. (I know > they're identical because they're synched between computers.) So > there's some other setting that's off. I'm hoping that someone can > give me a hint where to look. I've come up empty in my searches. > > Set-up on both computers: > - emacs 22.2.1 > - org 6.12trans > - Fedora 8 > - fvwm window manager
Apologies for replying to my own message, but I forgot to say that when I run "acroread some_file.pdf" from a terminal, acroread opens the file as expected. -- John Rakestraw _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
