Emacs org-mode file/viewer associations

Question

In an Emacs org-mode file, when I click on a PDF the file opens in a PDF viewer. Similarly, when I click on a URL it opens in a web browser. But when I click on a path to an i

Answer 1

It depends a bit on what operating system you use, but it should be configurable with org-file-apps.

• On OS X, I would use open (or open -a Application.app) for opening files automagically
• On Linux/BSD etc, I would use xdg-open (a bit tricky to setup, tho)
• On windows, I guess I would use open (in the console)

Look at the variables org-file-apps-defaults-windowsnt, org-file-apps-defaults-gnu or org-file-apps-defaults-macosx depending on your plattform.