For some reason org-mode correctly exports to an ODT file but opens it with the default PDF viewer (okular) instead of libreoffice. I have tried all the solutions mentioned in a similar post without any luck. For reference I am copying below the relevant sections of my init file. My emacs is 27.0.50 and my org-mode is 9.1.13.
;; Enable export in ODT format
(eval-after-load "org" '(require 'ox-odt nil t)) ; enable odt backend
;; Open ODT files with libre office
(defun my-org-export-to-odt-and-open ()
(interactive)
(org-open-file (org-odt-export-to-odt)))
and in my custom-set-variables I have
'(org-file-apps
'((auto-mode . emacs)
("\\.mm\\'" . default)
("\\.x?html?\\'" . default)
("\\.odt\\'" . "libreoffice %s")
("\\.pdf\\'" . "okular %s")))
Thank you in advance for any help.
This is the output value of org-file-apps
Value:
((auto-mode . emacs)
("\\.mm\\'" . default)
("\\.x?html?\\'" . default)
("\\.odt\\'" . "libreoffice %s")
("\\.pdf\\'" . "okular %s"))
Original value was
((auto-mode . emacs)
("\\.mm\\'" . default)
("\\.x?html?\\'" . default)
("\\.pdf\\'" . default))
and this is one output of edebug on org-open-file when I tried to export a NOTES.org file.
Debugger entered--returning value: nil
string-match("\\$\\(?:\\(?1:[[:alnum:]_]+\\)\\|{\\(?1:[^{}]+\\)}\\|\\$\\)" "/home/andre/org/NOTES.odt" 0)
* substitute-env-vars("/home/andre/org/NOTES.odt" t)
* substitute-env-in-file-name("/home/andre/org/NOTES.odt")
* substitute-in-file-name("/home/andre/org/NOTES.odt")
* #f(compiled-function (path &optional in-emacs line search) "Open the file at PATH.\nFirst, this expands any special file name abbreviations. Then the\nconfiguration variable `org-file-apps' is checked if it contains an\nentry for this file type, and if yes, the corresponding command is launched.\n\nIf no application is found, Emacs simply visits the file.\n\nWith optional prefix argument IN-EMACS, Emacs will visit the file.\nWith a double \\[universal-argument] \\[universal-argument] prefix arg, Org tries to avoid opening in Emacs\nand to use an external application to visit the file.\n\nOptional LINE specifies a line to go to, optional SEARCH a string\nto search for. If LINE or SEARCH is given, the file will be\nopened in Emacs, unless an entry from org-file-apps that makes\nuse of groups in a regexp matches.\n\nIf you want to change the way frames are used when following a\nlink, please customize `org-link-frame-setup'.\n\nIf the file does not exist, an error is thrown." #<bytecode 0x1524219>)("NOTES.odt" system)
* apply(#f(compiled-function (path &optional in-emacs line search) "Open the file at PATH.\nFirst, this expands any special file name abbreviations. Then the\nconfiguration variable `org-file-apps' is checked if it contains an\nentry for this file type, and if yes, the corresponding command is launched.\n\nIf no application is found, Emacs simply visits the file.\n\nWith optional prefix argument IN-EMACS, Emacs will visit the file.\nWith a double \\[universal-argument] \\[universal-argument] prefix arg, Org tries to avoid opening in Emacs\nand to use an external application to visit the file.\n\nOptional LINE specifies a line to go to, optional SEARCH a string\nto search for. If LINE or SEARCH is given, the file will be\nopened in Emacs, unless an entry from org-file-apps that makes\nuse of groups in a regexp matches.\n\nIf you want to change the way frames are used when following a\nlink, please customize `org-link-frame-setup'.\n\nIf the file does not exist, an error is thrown." #<bytecode 0x1524219>) ("NOTES.odt" system))
* org-open-file("NOTES.odt" system)
(if a (org-odt-export-to-odt t s v) (org-open-file (org-odt-export-to-odt nil s v) 'system))
(lambda (a s v b) (if a (org-odt-export-to-odt t s v) (org-open-file (org-odt-export-to-odt nil s v) 'system)))(nil t nil nil)
org-export-dispatch(nil)
funcall-interactively(org-export-dispatch nil)
call-interactively(org-export-dispatch nil nil)
command-execute(org-export-dispatch)
I kept moving forward until the point shown below. It looks as if the file was matched as \\.mm\\?
Debugger entered--returning value: (10578 10582)
match-data()
* regexp-opt-depth("\\.mm\\'")
* org-file-apps-entry-match-against-dlink-p(("\\.mm\\'" . default))
* cl-remove(nil ((auto-mode . emacs) ("\\.mm\\'" . default) ("\\.x?html?\\'" . default) ("\\.odt\\'" . "libreoffice %s") ("\\.pdf\\'" . "okular %s") (remote . emacs) (system . mailcap) (t . mailcap)) :if org-file-apps-entry-match-against-dlink-p)
* apply(cl-remove nil ((auto-mode . emacs) ("\\.mm\\'" . default) ("\\.x?html?\\'" . default) ("\\.odt\\'" . "libreoffice %s") ("\\.pdf\\'" . "okular %s") (remote . emacs) (system . mailcap) (t . mailcap)) :if org-file-apps-entry-match-against-dlink-p nil)
* cl-remove-if(org-file-apps-entry-match-against-dlink-p ((auto-mode . emacs) ("\\.mm\\'" . default) ("\\.x?html?\\'" . default) ("\\.odt\\'" . "libreoffice %s") ("\\.pdf\\'" . "okular %s") (remote . emacs) (system . mailcap) (t . mailcap)))
* #f(compiled-function (path &optional in-emacs line search) "Open the file at PATH.\nFirst, this expands any special file name abbreviations. Then the\nconfiguration variable `org-file-apps' is checked if it contains an\nentry for this file type, and if yes, the corresponding command is launched.\n\nIf no application is found, Emacs simply visits the file.\n\nWith optional prefix argument IN-EMACS, Emacs will visit the file.\nWith a double \\[universal-argument] \\[universal-argument] prefix arg, Org tries to avoid opening in Emacs\nand to use an external application to visit the file.\n\nOptional LINE specifies a line to go to, optional SEARCH a string\nto search for. If LINE or SEARCH is given, the file will be\nopened in Emacs, unless an entry from org-file-apps that makes\nuse of groups in a regexp matches.\n\nIf you want to change the way frames are used when following a\nlink, please customize `org-link-frame-setup'.\n\nIf the file does not exist, an error is thrown." #<bytecode 0x1524219>)("NOTES.odt" system)
* apply(#f(compiled-function (path &optional in-emacs line search) "Open the file at PATH.\nFirst, this expands any special file name abbreviations. Then the\nconfiguration variable `org-file-apps' is checked if it contains an\nentry for this file type, and if yes, the corresponding command is launched.\n\nIf no application is found, Emacs simply visits the file.\n\nWith optional prefix argument IN-EMACS, Emacs will visit the file.\nWith a double \\[universal-argument] \\[universal-argument] prefix arg, Org tries to avoid opening in Emacs\nand to use an external application to visit the file.\n\nOptional LINE specifies a line to go to, optional SEARCH a string\nto search for. If LINE or SEARCH is given, the file will be\nopened in Emacs, unless an entry from org-file-apps that makes\nuse of groups in a regexp matches.\n\nIf you want to change the way frames are used when following a\nlink, please customize `org-link-frame-setup'.\n\nIf the file does not exist, an error is thrown." #<bytecode 0x1524219>) ("NOTES.odt" system))
* org-open-file("NOTES.odt" system)
(if a (org-odt-export-to-odt t s v) (org-open-file (org-odt-export-to-odt nil s v) 'system))
(lambda (a s v b) (if a (org-odt-export-to-odt t s v) (org-open-file (org-odt-export-to-odt nil s v) 'system)))(nil t nil nil)
org-export-dispatch(nil)
funcall-interactively(org-export-dispatch nil)
call-interactively(org-export-dispatch nil nil)
command-execute(org-export-dispatch)
Actually, I kept moving forward and there was no match against any of the options available in org-file-apps.
After a lot of digging I came across these posts: post1 post2 from which the following solution emerged:
;; Enable export in ODT format
(setcdr (assq 'system org-file-apps-defaults-gnu ) "xdg-open %s")
(setq process-connection-type nil)
without anything configured on the org-file-apps.