ctl-xf which does find/create a file then I type test.cpp then I get this in
the echo area
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File is opened with an external viewer. See buffer *extview log* for status
messages.
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in *extview log* I have
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Opening file ~/test.cpp with handler: more '%s'
/home/fred/test.cpp: No such file or directory
Process extview-process finished
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