← Back to team overview

kicad-developers team mailing list archive

Re: [PATCH] properly read default PDF viewer and use (under Linux Debian)

 

Fabrizio,

I committed a modified version of your patch to fix this.  Thank you for
your contribution to KiCad.

Cheers,

Wayne

On 6/7/2017 10:50 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
> Hi guys
> 
> the following patch fix the problem of detecting the default PDF viewer
> and use it to open PDF files (under Linux Debian) in the kicad main
> window when you double click on a PDF doc.
> 
> It would be great to test it under windows and OSX.
> 
> cheers
> Fabrizio
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From b3aa02b874476ae9f25311b4525e03b635091ed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>>
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 16:43:16 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] default pdf reader is now properly detected unider Linux
> 
> ---
>  common/gestfich.cpp | 11 ++++-------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/common/gestfich.cpp b/common/gestfich.cpp
> index 3a09576..b68ec68 100644
> --- a/common/gestfich.cpp
> +++ b/common/gestfich.cpp
> @@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ wxString KicadDatasPath()
>  
>  bool OpenPDF( const wxString& file )
>  {
> -    wxString command;
> +    wxString command = "";
>      wxString filename = file;
>  
>      Pgm().ReadPdfBrowserInfos();
> @@ -356,12 +356,9 @@ bool OpenPDF( const wxString& file )
>      }
>      else
>      {
> -        wxFileType* filetype =
> wxTheMimeTypesManager->GetFileTypeFromExtension( wxT( "pdf" ) );
> -
> -        if( filetype )
> -            command = filetype->GetOpenCommand( filename );
> -
> -        delete filetype;
> +        AddDelimiterString( filename );
> +        wxLaunchDefaultApplication( filename );
> +        return true;
>      }
>  
>      if( !command.IsEmpty() )
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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
> 


References