dired-open-with
An 'Open with' dialog for opening files in external applications from Dired.
GPL-3.0 License
#+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.