Dear Pete First, my apologies - I've only just joined this group and am not yet into its etiquette. Second you and all the others who have answered this question are stars! I tried the Nautilus procedure you mentioned and hey presto! Solution at once! Many thanks all! Kind regards Norman ---------------------------------------------------------------------
On Fri, 2019-02-15 at 00:36 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > ** Please reply directly to the list, and not to me personally. > > On Thu, 2019-02-14 at 23:52 +0000, Norman Lambert wrote: > > Dear Pete > > Thank you for your interest in this minor problem. The result you > > want > > is > > > > $ xdg-mime query default application/pdf > > okularApplication_pdf.desktop, > > > > That's strange 'cos that is what I understand Evolution to use to > determine the application used to open the attachments. Indeed I've > just tried it on my system and changing the XDG file association > changes the application used to open the attachment. Perhaps others > who > actually know the code would care to comment! > > There is also a lengthy discussion on it in the archives - see the > thread starting at: > > > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2017-May/msg00135.html > > > Ultimately you could try running nautilus (the Gnome file handler), > right click on a .pdf file, select Properties and from there change > the > default handler. > > P. > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > [email protected] > > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
