Richard Stanton <stan...@haas.berkeley.edu> wrote: > I think the problem is in the org-mode code that interprets "%s." (and > how this interacts with my bash shell). This is supposed to pass the > executable the fully qualified file name, but somehow it ends up > passing the directory twice, which (understandably) confuses the > executable. > > While this seems to have something to do with the bash shell I'm > using, this works fine for everything else, so I'm pretty sure there's > no fundamental problem in my setup, and it would be nice to find a way > around this problem. > > Two thoughts: > > 1) Is there another string I could use, instead of %s, that results in > the file name being passed without the path at all? This would > probably cure the problem. >
Don't know, but I don't think so. > 2) If not, where is the code that interprets %s? I can try stepping > through it and see what I can find. > It happens in org.el:org-open-file, specifically this piece of the code (I think): ,---- | (while (string-match "%s" cmd) | (setq cmd (replace-match | (save-match-data | (shell-quote-argument | (convert-standard-filename file))) | t t cmd))) `---- Nick
