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From: Giacomo Boffi on 14 Jun 2010 16:37 Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> writes: >> 5. for a sample file, say "echelon.tex". i tried "right click, get >> info, open with, Emacs22, change all" and at first "open with" >> changed to "Emacs22", but when i clicked and confirmed "change >> all" here it is the spinning multicolor wheel and BANG, "open with" >> goes back to "Emacs.base" > > Did you try selecting a file you want emacs to open and doing the > following: Type Command-I to display the GET INFO dialog. [...] Michael, for your convenience i have quoted the part of my original post relevant to your followup thank you gb -- Lovercraft, bestia. -- Whip, in IFQ
From: Tim McNamara on 14 Jun 2010 19:20 In article <86typ5uz9o.fsf(a)aiuole.stru.polimi.it>, Giacomo Boffi <giacomo.boffi(a)polimi.it> wrote: > Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> writes: > > >> 5. for a sample file, say "echelon.tex". i tried "right click, get > >> info, open with, Emacs22, change all" and at first "open with" > >> changed to "Emacs22", but when i clicked and confirmed "change > >> all" here it is the spinning multicolor wheel and BANG, "open > >> with" goes back to "Emacs.base" > > > > Did you try selecting a file you want emacs to open and doing the > > following: Type Command-I to display the GET INFO dialog. [...] > > Michael, > > for your convenience i have quoted the part of my original post > relevant to your followup What is "Emacs.base?" I built Emacs 23.1 on my iBook (10.4.11) and installed it, but there is no "Emacs.base" file anywhere on my computer. Also, after you have deleted an application and subsequently try to open a file associated with that application, you will normally get a dialog box that says something like "There's no application for that file. What would you like to use to open it?" Sounds like there is some other issue at work with your Mac, but I don't know what it is. You did actually drag the nextstep folder containing Emacs 23.1 to the trash and empty the trash? -- That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, Bingo.
From: Giacomo Boffi on 15 Jun 2010 06:54
Tim McNamara <timmcn(a)bitstream.net> writes: > In article <86typ5uz9o.fsf(a)aiuole.stru.polimi.it>, > Giacomo Boffi <giacomo.boffi(a)polimi.it> wrote: > >> Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> writes: >> >> >> 5. for a sample file, say "echelon.tex". i tried "right click, get >> >> info, open with, Emacs22, change all" and at first "open with" >> >> changed to "Emacs22", but when i clicked and confirmed "change >> >> all" here it is the spinning multicolor wheel and BANG, "open >> >> with" goes back to "Emacs.base" >> > >> > Did you try selecting a file you want emacs to open and doing the >> > following: Type Command-I to display the GET INFO dialog. [...] >> >> Michael, >> >> for your convenience i have quoted the part of my original post >> relevant to your followup > > What is "Emacs.base?" I built Emacs 23.1 on my iBook (10.4.11) and > installed it, but there is no "Emacs.base" file anywhere on my computer. that's a good question and knowing the answer maybe will lead to an obvious solution but, sorry, i don't know the answer --- if you can accept a speculation instead of an answer, maybe it is because there was already an Emacs.app (Carbon Emacs, that is) installed on my iBook > Also, after you have deleted an application and subsequently try to open > a file associated with that application, you will normally get a dialog > box that says something like "There's no application for that file. > What would you like to use to open it?" > Sounds like there is some other issue at work with your Mac, but I don't > know what it is. You did actually drag the nextstep folder containing > Emacs 23.1 to the trash and empty the trash? no, i trashed the Dock icon and did a make distclean in the ~/src/emacs23.1, this left of course an almost void nextstep directory and in effects the Finder (is it the Finder?) says that "the application is damaged...", not "There's no application..." let's try [... time flows in the usual direction ...] ok, i did a "rm -fr src/emacs23.1", opened a folder with some .tex files, double clicked one of them and ZOOM, Carbon Emacs opens the file! thank you Tim, you've hit the spot! ps: if someone could explain why it was not possible to change the file association... -- > secondo me le vittime della Shoa si stanno rivoltando nella tomba improbabile. -- PLS, in IFQ |