I know there is xdg-open
, but it does not run in the background. It is not as easy as appending &
at the end when calling this command from emacs.
I often use !
then open
in emacs dired, or C-!
and then open filename
for emacs shell-command. Is there another command which will allow me to continue using emacs while this file (often a pdf) is open?
xdg-open
doesn't run in the background, because for me it does. I don't know anything about emacs, but I've tested this in both bash and in vi. Can you give an example of what kind of file you're trying to open?!
thenxdg-open
from dired-mode in Emacs (dired-mode
isn't a command-line tool). Emacs will not allow me to proceed unless I close the document viewer...