On 6/6/2017 4:17 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > Apologies for presenting this problem again and again > > I think this topic came up too many times but (on my linux system) the > default PDF viewer is not pulled correctly by kiCad. From the terminal: > > $ cat /usr/share/applications/defaults.list | grep pdf > application/pdf=xreader.desktop;evince.desktop;atril.desktop
Is this the same as the mime type? Look at another app such as Thunderbird and see what app it uses to open PDF files. > > but KiCad insist using Gimp. Is Preferences->PDF Viewer->System Default PDF Viewer in the KiCad launcher checked? If not, KiCad will attempt to fall back on some reasonable default. If it is checked, then there is most likely a bug in wxMimeTypeManager which is used to determine the system command to open a PDF file. > > can anybody point me to the right direction? I am looking at preferences.cpp The source file you are looking for is common/gestfich.cpp. The function is OpenPDF(). > > Cheers > 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
