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[Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alexander,
yep, you are right, the .kicad_common seems to work well. I am not
sure why it did not before in my PC at work. I will check tomorrow.

Anyways, don't you think that the file .kicad_common should come with
"PdfBrowserName=/usr/bin/evince" in it?

cheers
Fabrizio



On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Fabrizio Tappero
<fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> interesting ... I will look into it and report back.
>
> cheers
> Fab.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Alexander Zakamaldin <zaka62@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi, Fabrizio!
>> It is strange for me, because I can't reproduce the problem you have described.
>> I tested evince, evince-previewer and okular. Everything seems to work fine!
>> Maybe something wrong with your ~/.kicad_common? Please, check that your
>> favorite viewer is updated in ~/.kicad_common.
>> Alexander.
>>
>>
>> 02 марта 2012, 13:32 от 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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