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Re: running a command that requires two parameters on a file
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Pascal J. Bourguignon |
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Re: running a command that requires two parameters on a file |
Date: |
Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:11:42 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) |
Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> writes:
> I am in the habit of bringing up ! in order to run a command such as
> xpdf on a selected file.
>
> The problem comes when I want to run the command wkhtmltopdf, for it
> calls for two parameters. That is, emacs won't let me do: ! wkhtmltopdf
> input.html output.pdf.
You are a filthy liar!
Type:
M-! wkhtmltopdf input.html output.pdf RET
> Is there a way I can do this withou raising a terminal to make the
> conversion with it?
There are several ways, I shown just one above.
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