Hi Wayne, it is indeed checked and it appears to be a 2 year old bug..... http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.wxwidgets.devel/162783
Any idea of how to properly fix this problem? cheers Fabrizio On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 7:58 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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