Re: unable to create/find a .cpp file (ed.2)

[Kevin Rodgers]

Gary Wessle wrote:
> Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > Gary Wessle wrote:
> > > Gary Wessle <phddas@yahoo.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
> > > > > But I think you could override the mailcap/mimetypes association like
> > > > > this:
> > > > >
> > > > > (setq extview-application-associations
> > > > >        (cons '("\\.cpp\\'" . nil) extview-application-associations))
> > > > yes, that fixed it, thank you.
> > > sorry, that fix just above will let me open an existing .cpp file but
> > > will not let me create a new one. as well as it will fail find/create
> > > .h files
> > Exactly what happens when you try to visit a new .cpp file?
> >
> > --
> > Kevin
>
> sorry, I meant to say, I can visit a new .cpp file fine now but
> visiting a new file.h I get in the *extview log*
>
> Opening file ~/myPrograms/backtest/man.h with handler: more '%s'
> /home/fred/myPrograms/backtest/man.h: No such file or directory
>
> Process extview-process finished
>
> ****************************************************************
>
> I thought to add a bit extra to what you suggested by doing in my
> .emacs the following
>
> (setq extview-application-associations
>        (cons '("\\.cpp\\'" . nil) extview-application-associations),
>        (cons '("\\.h\\'" . nil) extview-application-associations))
>
> and then restart emacs and trying to visit a new .h file but I still
> get the same error i.e, adding the .h line above to my .emacs did
> nothing.

Your MIME configuration is broken, not Emacs.  Check ALL the mime.types
files I listed for you.  It seems there is a default entry that maps
every file extension to the more '%s' command; you could verify that
by visiting a file with a nonsensical extension, e.g. "abc.foobarbaz".

--
Kevin