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[Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>]

In my machine:
$ xdg-mime query default application/pdf
evince.desktop

but kicad still uses gimp. Am I missing something?

thanks
fabrizio


--
Fabrizio Tappero


On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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