The previous comments (and linked bugs for e.g. Firefox) seem to disagree - this appears to be due to wrong use of the file where every application on a system is supposed to announce what mime types they can handle.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gimp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574342 Title: GIMP set as default pdf viewer Status in gimp package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: gimp After installing GIMP on Lucid, GIMP became the default application to open PDF files, instead of evince. While GIMP can open PDF files, this surely is not what most people want. Please fix this. May be related to debian bug #525077, but I am not sure. In any case, /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache contains application/pdf=gimp.desktop;evince.desktop; To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/574342/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
