Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> writes: > Unfortunately this is a problem with most of the desktop specific > *-open commands. Take a look at this post from emacs-devel (thanks to > Glenn for pointing me to it): > > <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2009-07/msg00279.html> > > Essentially, running xdg-open asynchronously will not work for Desktop > Environments that use gvfs-open (Gnome, Unity, Mate, etc). From the > looks of it, exo-open (XFCE) also suffers from the same problem. > > That said, it would be nice if Glyn could try it on KDE for the sake > of completeness. As per the emacs-devel post, kde-open should work.
Yes indeed - I just gave the elpa release (091620013) a spin on KDE and both pdf and html files open nicely. Many thanks atb Glyn
