> On 6 May 2009, at 10:10 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> >> Skim 1.2.2 now refuses to open DVI's on my machine (10.5.6 Intel).   
> >> Skim 1.2.1 worked like a charm.  All I did was use the Sparkle  
> >> update; I did not change any preferences.
> >>
> >> I see no mention of DVI in the release notes for the newest  
> >> version.  Strangely I see no mention of DVI in the Skim Help,  
> >> either (I could have sworn there used to be stuff about Skim  
> >> transforming DVI into PDF in the Help).
> >>
> >> What's going on?  I'm switching back to 1.2.1 in the meantime.
> >
> > Alas, reversion to 1.2.1 has not helped matters at all.  I still get  
> > a dialog that says: The document "foo.dvi" could not be opened. Skim  
> > cannot open files in the "DVI Document" format.
> >
> > This dialog, by the way, is presented by Skim, not by the Finder.
[snip]
> Actually, this sounds more like a problem with your launch services  
> database. I think some other program conflicts with Skim for declaring  
> the DVI type (because Skim doesn't declare the description "DVI  
> Document"). Perhaps resetting LS will help, type the following in  
> Terminal.app on a single line:
> 
> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/ 
> Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -all  
> local,user,system
 
This command didn't work (I got some indecipherable message).  So I did it in 
Yasu.  It seemed to reset things, but I still can't open DVI's.

-epicurus


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