Fabrizio, Try replacing wxMimeTypeManager with wxLaunchDefaultApplication[1]. It looks like this might be a better solution. I would try it myself but I'm at work and don't have access to a linux system.
Cheers, Wayne [1]: http://docs.wxwidgets.org/trunk/group__group__funcmacro__misc.html#ga04038d4c78e4c111d018b8f82b2d66c3 On 6/7/2017 3:37 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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 > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <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
