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[Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alexander,
it works great, thank you very much for fixing it.

Just in case somebody google for this option in the future I'd like to add:

If anybody working on linux has the problem that kicad pdf manuals get
not open in evince or acrobat reader but instead in Gimp, an easy fix
is to edit this file:

gedit ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

and add the line:

application/pdf=evince.desktop;firefox.desktop;

Also, the current KiCad option (Options - PDF Viewer - PDF Viewer)
does allow you to setup your favorite editor but unfortunately this
option does not appear in eeschema nor in pcbnew, etc.

Maybe the same default pdf viewer setup option (in the top Options
menu) should be make available in the other kicad programs, not sure
it is worth it.

Furthermore, ideally, under Linux, I think instead of the current
kicad pdf viewer option it is better to just have the option "set
evince as default pdf viewer". This because often people do not really
know where executables (like evince) are.

I think I am done with my 5 min. ranting ;-)

thank you all
Fabrizio


On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Alexander Zakamaldin <zaka62@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I filed a bug report with patch attached.
> Alexander.
>
>
> 01 марта 2012, 15:13 от Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Hello,
>> I confirm that I still experience this problem which is here:
>>
>> mst.kicad/common/basicframe.cpp
>> 338:        // Search for "getting_started_in_kicad.pdf" or
>> "Getting_Started_in_KiCad.pdf"
>> 343:        {   // Try to find "Getting_Started_in_KiCad.pdf"
>> 344:            wxGetApp().GetHelpFileName() = wxT(
>> "Getting_Started_in_KiCad.pdf" );
>>
>> Can somebody maybe suggest a solution or tell me if it is a problem
>> with my system.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Fabrizio
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Fabrizio Tappero
>> <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > jean-pierre,
>> >
>> > hum... in my fresh dev. build of the kicad-doc folder taken 30 min ago
>> > from here:
>> >
>> > bzr branch lp:~kicad-developers/kicad/doc
>> >
>> > if I compile and install, I get (among other stuff) the following pdfs:
>> >
>> > 1) /usr/local/share/doc/kicad/en/KiCad_Tutorial 2011.pdf
>> > 2) /usr/local/share/doc/kicad/help/en/Getting_Started_in_KiCad.pdf
>> >
>> > when I start kicad (also taken and compiled today) and I go Help -
>> > Getting started in KiCad I get the following error:
>> >
>> > Help file getting_started_in_kicad.pdf could not be found
>> >
>> > Maybe:
>> > the tutorial 2) should be renamed getting_started_in_kicad.pdf and
>> > also the file 2) should maybe deleted since several months ago when I
>> > make getting_started_in_kicad.pdf I made it based on 1)
>> >
>> > I hope this will help to fix a possible problem.
>> > Cheers
>> > Fabrizio
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:15 AM, jp.charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> Le 27/02/2012 10:54, Fabrizio Tappero a écrit :
>> >>
>> >>> Hello,
>> >>> it seems to me that the link help- getting started in kicad is broken
>> >>> for all kicad programs. It should link to a short pdf tutorials and it
>> >>> should work for all kicad programs.
>> >>>
>> >>> can anybody confirm that?
>> >>>
>> >>> cheers
>> >>> Fabrizio
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I recently fixed this issue.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
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