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30.1; org-open-at-point fails to open files externally with double prefix

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From: Anush V <j <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.1; org-open-at-point fails to open files externally with double
 prefix
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:55:38 -0400

Hello Emacs Maintainers,

I believe there’s a bug in org-open-at-point.  The help text 
states that with a double prefix argument (C-u C-u C-c C-o), it 
should “try to open outside of Emacs, in the application the 
system uses for this file type.”  However, when I use this command 
with a double prefix argument on a media file link in org file 
(e.g., [[file:big_buck_bunny.webm]]), the media file opens inside 
Emacs instead of externally in mpv (my default video player).

This behavior is inconsistent because dired-do-open (E) in dired
buffer correctly opens the same file in mpv.

Could you confirm if I’m doing something wrong or missing something or
if it is actually a bug?

I tested this with “emacs --no-init”.


Thank you for your time.

* * *

In GNU Emacs 30.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.43,
cairo version 1.18.2)
System Description: Guix System

Configured using:
'configure
CONFIG_SHELL=/gnu/store/m0xdsa8cfq6mq1kxgxmpmpg71la4f0b9-bash-minimal-5.1.16/bin/bash
SHELL=/gnu/store/m0xdsa8cfq6mq1kxgxmpmpg71la4f0b9-bash-minimal-5.1.16/bin/bash --prefix=/gnu/store/lq0nwm8qkj9cmyjm85z3dcqrjnglhcym-emacs-next-pgtk-30.1-rc1-2.7144e84 --enable-fast-install --with-pgtk --with-cairo --with-modules --with-native-compilation=aot --disable-build-details'

Configured features:
ACL CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GPM GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ
JPEG LCMS2 LIBOTF LIBSELINUX LIBSYSTEMD LIBXML2 MODULES NATIVE_COMP
NOTIFY INOTIFY PDUMPER PGTK PNG RSVG SECCOMP SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS
TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER XIM GTK3 ZLIB


--
Regards,
Anush

Message #8 received at 78788 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Anush V <j <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 78788 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78788: 30.1;
 org-open-at-point fails to open files externally with double prefix
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:50:05 +0300

> From: Anush V <j <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:55:38 -0400
> 
>  
> Hello Emacs Maintainers,
> 
> I believe there’s a bug in org-open-at-point.  The help text 
> states that with a double prefix argument (C-u C-u C-c C-o), it 
> should “try to open outside of Emacs, in the application the 
> system uses for this file type.”  However, when I use this command 
> with a double prefix argument on a media file link in org file 
> (e.g., [[file:big_buck_bunny.webm]]), the media file opens inside 
> Emacs instead of externally in mpv (my default video player).
> 
> This behavior is inconsistent because dired-do-open (E) in dired
> buffer correctly opens the same file in mpv.
> 
> Could you confirm if I’m doing something wrong or missing something or
> if it is actually a bug?
> 
> I tested this with “emacs --no-init”.
> 
> 
> Thank you for your time.

Thanks, but since this is an Org command, please report this issue to
the Org developers first.  If they will tell you this is a core Emacs
problem, come back here and tell the details.

Message #11 received at 78788 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Anush V <j <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 78788 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78788: 30.1; org-open-at-point fails to open files
 externally with double prefix
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 23:04:16 -0400

> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:50:05 +0300
>
>> From: Anush V <j <at> gnu.org>
>> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:55:38 -0400
>>
>>
>> Hello Emacs Maintainers,
>>
>> I believe there’s a bug in org-open-at-point.  The help text
>> states that with a double prefix argument (C-u C-u C-c C-o), it
>> should “try to open outside of Emacs, in the application the
>> system uses for this file type.”  However, when I use this command
>> with a double prefix argument on a media file link in org file
>> (e.g., [[file:big_buck_bunny.webm]]), the media file opens inside
>> Emacs instead of externally in mpv (my default video player).
>>
>> This behavior is inconsistent because dired-do-open (E) in dired
>> buffer correctly opens the same file in mpv.
>>
>> Could you confirm if I’m doing something wrong or missing something or
>> if it is actually a bug?
>>
>> I tested this with “emacs --no-init”.
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your time.
>
> Thanks, but since this is an Org command, please report this issue to
> the Org developers first.  If they will tell you this is a core Emacs
> problem, come back here and tell the details.
>

Reported the issue to org developers.  This is not a core emacs
problem.  Please feel free to close this issue.

--
Regards,
Anush

Message #16 received at 78788-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Anush V <j <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 78788-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78788: 30.1; org-open-at-point fails to open files
 externally with double prefix
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 17:31:41 +0300

> From: Anush V <j <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 78788 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 23:04:16 -0400
> 
> > From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> > Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:50:05 +0300
> >
> >> From: Anush V <j <at> gnu.org>
> >> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:55:38 -0400
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello Emacs Maintainers,
> >>
> >> I believe there’s a bug in org-open-at-point.  The help text
> >> states that with a double prefix argument (C-u C-u C-c C-o), it
> >> should “try to open outside of Emacs, in the application the
> >> system uses for this file type.”  However, when I use this command
> >> with a double prefix argument on a media file link in org file
> >> (e.g., [[file:big_buck_bunny.webm]]), the media file opens inside
> >> Emacs instead of externally in mpv (my default video player).
> >>
> >> This behavior is inconsistent because dired-do-open (E) in dired
> >> buffer correctly opens the same file in mpv.
> >>
> >> Could you confirm if I’m doing something wrong or missing something or
> >> if it is actually a bug?
> >>
> >> I tested this with “emacs --no-init”.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you for your time.
> >
> > Thanks, but since this is an Org command, please report this issue to
> > the Org developers first.  If they will tell you this is a core Emacs
> > problem, come back here and tell the details.
> >
> 
> Reported the issue to org developers.  This is not a core emacs
> problem.  Please feel free to close this issue.

Thanks, done.

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