Bug#561785: [texdoc] Bug#561785: texlive-base: texdoc does not use standard pdf-viewer defined in KDE
Hi Frank, On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:19:53 +0100, Frank Küster fr...@debian.org wrote: Just my 2 cents: I suggest that we use see wherever possible. I don't care about KDE defaults, but see is the Debian way to say give me the viewer for this file type that is configured on this system. IIRC, 'see' is in the list of default viewers, but quite at the end. I'm not familiar with the current version of texdoc, so I cannot comment whether this is easy or not. Wasn't there a configuration file, which also defines viewer applications? Yes, there is a configuration file which can be used for this purpose. It is TEXMFMAIN/texdoc/texdoc.cnf (installed as /usr/share/texmf-texlive/texdoc/texdoc.cnf in Debian). The comments in the file should be clear enough about how to do this (I hope). I agree that using 'see' as the default viewer on Debian makes a lot of sense in theory, but as a user, I never configured it myself, so it most probably doesn't reflect my real preferences. Anyway... Manuel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#561785: [texdoc] Bug#561785: texlive-base: texdoc does not use standard pdf-viewer defined in KDE
On Do, 24 Dez 2009, Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard wrote:
Yes, there is a configuration file which can be used for this purpose.
It is TEXMFMAIN/texdoc/texdoc.cnf (installed as
/usr/share/texmf-texlive/texdoc/texdoc.cnf in Debian). The comments in the
file
should be clear enough about how to do this (I hope).
We wil use that for moving see to the top of the list, no need for
changes on the upstream texdoc side itself.
Thanks
Norbert
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Bug#561785: [texdoc] Bug#561785: texlive-base: texdoc does not use standard pdf-viewer defined in KDE
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:53:27 +0100, Johannes Fichtinger j...@fichtinger.org wrote: See [1]. There exists another variable called KDE_SESSION_VERSION, which from KDE4 on is set to 4, but was not defined for KDE3.x. This can be used further to distinguish between KDE4 and KDE3. It seems, for gnome exits GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID, which can be tested for exising, although I couldn't find any reliable source for that. [1] http://techbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/Environment_Variables#KDE_FULL_SESSION Great. Thank you a lot for these interesting informations. I'll look further into it and keep you posted. Manuel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#561785: [texdoc] Bug#561785: texlive-base: texdoc does not use standard pdf-viewer defined in KDE
Hi Manuel, hi everyone! Am Montag, 21. Dezember 2009 20:35:24 schrieben Sie: Selecting the pdf-viewer based on the existence of eg. gnome-open in the path is incorrect since being in a KDE session still gnome-open might be found in the path. It would be better to base the selection instead on some environment variables. KDE provides eg. declare -x KDE_FULL_SESSION=true which can be used to detect if we are in a running KDE session. Gnome might provide similar variables. This is a good suggestion. I may try to enhance the viewer selection in future versions by looking at those variables also. Do you have a pointer to this in the KDE documentation? See [1]. There exists another variable called KDE_SESSION_VERSION, which from KDE4 on is set to 4, but was not defined for KDE3.x. This can be used further to distinguish between KDE4 and KDE3. It seems, for gnome exits GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID, which can be tested for exising, although I couldn't find any reliable source for that. [1] http://techbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/Environment_Variables#KDE_FULL_SESSION Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#561785: [texdoc] Bug#561785: texlive-base: texdoc does not use standard pdf-viewer defined in KDE
Hi Norbert, hi all, Norbert Preining a écrit : here is a bug report from Debian that suggests something regarding viewer selection. Can you please comment on it? Sure. When calling texdoc PACKAGENAME in KDE, the pdf description of the package is actually opened with GIMP, instead of using the KDE system-wide setting for the default pdf viewer, e.g. okular. It was already reported upstream, so I fixed it by putting gnome-open etc at the end of the list in a later texdoc version. This should make the viewer selection no worse than it was before I added those, but won't recognize kde/gnome/whatever properly. However, see below. Selecting the pdf-viewer based on the existence of eg. gnome-open in the path is incorrect since being in a KDE session still gnome-open might be found in the path. It would be better to base the selection instead on some environment variables. KDE provides eg. declare -x KDE_FULL_SESSION=true which can be used to detect if we are in a running KDE session. Gnome might provide similar variables. This is a good suggestion. I may try to enhance the viewer selection in future versions by looking at those variables also. Do you have a pointer to this in the KDE documentation? In the meanwhile, you can still select your prefered viewer in your local configuration file. For Manuel: This is the texdoc version as shipped on the DVD, not that fixes you put it after release. Ok. I can provide you with a patch against 0.47 so that gnome-open etc come at the end of the list, which is done in current versions of texdoc. Or you can update texdoc from current TL. Or whatever you suggest. Manuel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
