https://github.com/frostyx/dired-open-with
An 'Open with' dialog for opening files in external applications from Dired.
https://github.com/frostyx/dired-open-with
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An 'Open with' dialog for opening files in external applications from Dired.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/frostyx/dired-open-with
- Owner: FrostyX
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2024-05-25T18:28:41.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-09-23T20:54:13.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-09T04:41:46.356Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: emacs, emacs-package, xdg
- Language: Emacs Lisp
- Homepage:
- Size: 79.1 KB
- Stars: 41
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.org
- License: LICENSE
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README
#+TITLE: M-x dired-open-with
Right-clicking a file in most GUI file managers provides an
"Open with" menu for choosing which application should be used. This package
implements such functionality for Emacs default file manager Dired.
[[images/dired-open-with.png]]
There is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU1E0M8FAX4][video about helm-dired-open]]. You can use this package
exactly the same, only the command is now ~M-x dired-open-with~.
** Installation
The package is available on [[https://melpa.org/#/dired-open-with][MELPA]]
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(use-package dired-open-with
:ensure t)
#+END_SRC
** Configuration
The ~M-x dired-open-with~ command works out of the box without any
additional configuration. If you want to change candidates for a
given file type, change your XDG settings.
** Alternatives
If you don't need an "Open with" dialog but rather open files in
their default appliaction, you can use ~M-x dired-open~ or
~M-x dired-open-xdg~ from the [[https://github.com/Fuco1/dired-hacks#dired-open][dired-hacks]] package.
There is also [[https://github.com/FrostyX/helm-dired-open][helm-dired-open]], which as the name suggests is limited
to [[https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm][Helm]]. However, it provides some configuration options that this
packages doesn't have.