Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> writes: > On 04/06/2022 20:42, Ihor Radchenko wrote: >> >> It appears that using mailcap is giving us more trouble than benefits. >> I am not sure about the situation on Windows and Mac though. >> >> Should we change the default file handlers to Emacs globally (unless >> user customizes otherwise)? Should we continue efforts to work around >> mailcap issues? Maybe there is yet another alternative generic way to >> open files? > > ... > I believe, there are enough issues with mailcap implementation in Emacs, > but do we have some alternative? There is no support of queries to > mimeapps.list files in Emacs (XDG). Like Chrome it is possible to call > xdg-open for any type that can not be handled internally. Maybe it > possible to leave it in Org as is or with the patch to call "file" > utility (after some fixes).
I have been digging more on this issue recently, and I have found that Carsten once attempted to tweak this default to use xdg-mime: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=15ae89b39 Use `xdg-open' to open files where available * lisp/org.el (org-file-apps-defaults-gnu): Use `xdg-open' to open files where available. (defconst org-file-apps-defaults-gnu - '((remote . emacs) - (system . mailcap) - (t . mailcap)) + (append + '((remote . emacs)) + (if (executable-find "xdg-open") + '((system . "xdg-open %s") + (t . "xdg-open %s")) + '((system . mailcap) + (t . mailcap)))) However, that commit had been reverted because xdg-open did not work for some users, "failing silently": https://list.orgmode.org/CAN_Dec8n=yntto6uh0dn50fg_hbqhfqtmyocchh7wsyjdm3...@mail.gmail.com/ I believe that xdg-open issue has been fixed by you in https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=5db61eb0f org.el: Avoid xdg-open silent failure So, it may be safe to re-apply that Carsten's commit now. WDYT? -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
