Tim X <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Tim,
>>>> 5. Dired key: It would be nice to have a defcustom value that would >>>> specify a dired map key that would call doc-view on a file (with a >>>> new doc-view function that doesn't prompt for the file name). This >>>> would make it easier to "browse" pdf files in dired. >>> >>> Good idea. I'll add that. Do you have a good suggestion what key >>> could be used and is free? >> >> How about "b" (for browse) or "V" (for View)? > > I think 'b' is available. However, you may find it useful to do what I > did in my txutils.el package. I used defadvice around view-file (which > is bound to v in dired). Since I was asked to include doc-view.el in Emacs I'm not sure if defadvice would be too good. AFAIK RMS doesn't like it too much. > So, now if I hit v on a pdf, ps, doc, ppt html etc file, it converts > the file to either text or html and then displays it in a buffer (in > the case of html output and .html files, it just uses browse-url to > display the rendered version). At least for PS files that may not be the right thing. Users might want to view it with `ps-mode' instead. Bye, Tassilo -- GNU Emacs is a text editor for Über-Geeks. _______________________________________________ gnu-emacs-sources mailing list gnu-emacs-sources@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-emacs-sources
