kicad-developers team mailing list archive

[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Use xdg-open
Den 05/05/2015 22.55 skrev "Fabrizio Tappero" <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi Stefan,
> actually /usr/share/applications/defaults.list among one gazilion lines
> says:
> application/pdf=evince.desktop;atril.desktop
>
> I am pretty sure I could fix the problem. The thing is, it will not solve
> the problem for other people in the same situation.
>
> Any idea for a solution implementable in kicad? a good idea?
>
> fabrizio
>
>
> --
> Fabrizio Tappero
>
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Stefan Hepp <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
>>> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
>>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>>
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
>> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>
>