README.md

dired-launch

Launch an external application from dired

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dired-launch is a launcher for the Emacs dired-mode. In a nutshell, it lets you select a file and then launch an external application with that file.

Getting started

1. Download dired-launch.el.

2. Ensure emacs loads dired-launch.el. For example, you might add the following line to your ~/.emacs:

   (load "/path/to/dired-launch.el")

3. Enable the dired minor mode:

   (dired-launch-enable)

4. If you prefer different key bindings, consider modifying them:

   (define-key dired-launch-mode-map (kbd "l") 'dired-launch-command)

Use

1. M-x dired

2. Move the cursor to a file of interest

3. Launch:

   J launches the file using the default application using dired-launch-command

Miscellany

Change the preferred (default) application for a given file type by invoking mimeopen with the '-d' flag:

   mimeopen -d myfile

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