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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Does xdg-open on a pdf open evince for you?
Den 05/05/2015 23.10 skrev "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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