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[Stefan Hepp <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

This is truly an old issue, and I had the same issue with other linux 
programs (Opera, Firefox,..) on Kubuntu.

I assume the "issue" is that kicad uses the standard mechanism to 
determine the default viewer, which is not kept in sync by KDE (which is 
the default desktop on Mint, I think).

You will find that the default pdf 'viewer' is set to Gimp in

/usr/share/applications/defaults.list

The list of applications available to open any mimetype seems to come 
from 'mimeinfo.cache' in the same directory. No idea who came up with 
those defaults and why KDE does not update them, but it seems to be the 
same issue in all Ubuntu-based distributions (or even Debian?).


You can set the default viewer either by creating a file

kate ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list

to contain:

[Default Applications]
application/pdf=kde4/okular.desktop;


You can also achieve the same by running

mimeopen -d dummy.pdf

which will ask you for your preferred viewer and store it to your 
defaults.list.
(If you choose 'Other', you need to enter a program name like 'okular', 
and it will create a new .desktop file, which is why I prefer editing 
the defaults.list file myself, or/and add my favorite pdf viewer to my 
local mimeinfo.cache first).


Cheers,
 Stefan



On 05.05.2015 00:25, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In my Linux Mint (as I supspect in many Debian distros) any pdf (via
> double click) gets open with the default Document Viewer, as it should.
> but kicad insist with Gimp.
>
> this is a very old issue and despite the possibility of choosing a pdf
> reader inside kicad, it seems strange to me that in 2015 there is still
> no way to tell linux not to read a pdf with gimp.
>
> Does anybody know how to work around this proble?
>
> Thanks
> Fabrizio
>
>
>
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