Whenever I click on a mp3 or mp4 org-mode link, I'd like my files to open in their associated app after running some relevant applescripts I have. I also have some scripts that I'd like to run after opening those files too.
I already have scripts to change behavior of org-mode links of certain file types but I don't know what command actually opens files in each file type's default app. I've already got a package for running applescripts in Emacs from MELPA too, so the only part I'm missing is the command to open an org-link file in its associated app. What is it exactly?
(require 'org)
(defun my-find-file-fn (file)
"If the filename extension of FILE ends in `.txt' or `.el' or `.png', then use
`find-file-other-frame'; otherwise, use `find-file-other-window'. The three file
extensions txt/el/png are hard-coded into the let-bound variable `regex'."
(let* (
;; regexp-matchp-fn from: https://github.com/kentaro/auto-save-buffers-enhanced
;; regexp-matchp-fn modified by @sds: http://stackoverflow.com/a/20343715/2112489
(regexp-matchp-fn
(lambda (regexps string)
(and string
(catch 'matched
(let ((inhibit-changing-match-data t))
(dolist (regexp regexps)
(when (string-match regexp string)
(throw 'matched t))))))))
(ext (file-name-extension file))
(regex '("txt" "el" "png"))
(regex2 '("mp3" "mp4")))
(if (funcall regexp-matchp-fn regex ext)
(find-file-other-frame file)
(if (funcall regexp-matchp-fn regex2 ext)
(progn
(apples-run-file "/path/to/my-applescript-to-run-before-opening-mp3-and-mp4-files.scpt")
(open-file-in-default-app);;this part is missing!
(apples-run-file "/path/to/my-applescript-to-run-after-opening-mp3-and-mp4-files.scpt"))
(find-file-other-window file)))))
(setq org-link-frame-setup '(
(vm . vm-visit-folder-other-frame)
(vm-imap . vm-visit-imap-folder-other-frame)
(gnus . org-gnus-no-new-news)
(file . my-find-file-fn)
(wl . wl-other-frame)))
openon OSX via the terminal will activate the default application; e.g., from the terminal:open /path/to/pdf. Xah Lee has an example in the following link: ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_dired_open_file_in_ext_apps.html To specify a specific external app, useopen -a "NAME_OF_APP" /path/to/pdf-- again, Xah Lee has an example of this too. If you need additional help, consider editing the question to explain why thosestart-process/shell-commandexamples are not what you are looking for, etc.