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 <[email protected]> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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