[gentoo-user] (gnome) default pdf viewer

[gentoo-user] (gnome) default pdf viewer

[Helmut Jarausch]

Hi,

I've discovered balsa , a great mail client, btw.
How can I configure the application which is called for a pdf 
attachment.

I cannot see any configuration item for balsa itself, so I suppose
it must be a Gnome setting.

Currently it's set to acroread, but I'd like to set it evince.
I've checked ~/.mime.types and several files in /usr/share/mime*

The only file I've found is 
/usr/share/mime-info/gnome-vfs.keys

Is that the right place? How should I edit it (with a standard text 
editor?)

Many thanks for your help,
Helmut.

Re: [gentoo-user] (gnome) default pdf viewer

[App Deb]

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Right click on a pdf file, select properties -> open with -> and select
evince instead of acroread.

That it the way to easily change default applications for gnome.

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Helmut Jarausch <
jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've discovered balsa , a great mail client, btw.
> How can I configure the application which is called for a pdf
> attachment.
>
> I cannot see any configuration item for balsa itself, so I suppose
> it must be a Gnome setting.
>
> Currently it's set to acroread, but I'd like to set it evince.
> I've checked ~/.mime.types and several files in /usr/share/mime*
>
> The only file I've found is
> /usr/share/mime-info/gnome-vfs.keys
>
> Is that the right place? How should I edit it (with a standard text
> editor?)
>
> Many thanks for your help,
> Helmut.
>
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] (gnome) default pdf viewer

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 07/07/10 12:45:05, App Deb wrote:
> Right click on a pdf file, select properties -> open with -> and
> select
> evince instead of acroread.
> 
> That it the way to easily change default applications for gnome.

Unfortunately, not for me (Gnome 2.30)
Before and after the above procedure I have

gnomevfs-info MyFile.pdf
still shows
MIME type         : application/pdf
Default app       : wine-extension-pdf.desktop

I wonder where this 'wine-extension-pdf.desktop' is coming from.

And Balsa tries to use this when viewing a pdf attachment.
I'm lost,
Helmut.



> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Helmut Jarausch <
> jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've discovered balsa , a great mail client, btw.
> > How can I configure the application which is called for a pdf
> > attachment.
> >
> > I cannot see any configuration item for balsa itself, so I suppose
> > it must be a Gnome setting.
> >
> > Currently it's set to acroread, but I'd like to set it evince.
> > I've checked ~/.mime.types and several files in /usr/share/mime*
> >
> > The only file I've found is
> > /usr/share/mime-info/gnome-vfs.keys
> >
> > Is that the right place? How should I edit it (with a standard text
> > editor?)
> >
> > Many thanks for your help,
> > Helmut.
> >
> >
> >
> 

Re: [gentoo-user] (gnome) default pdf viewer

[App Deb]

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This is installed from wine applications, and yes unfortunately they can
create a mess (like making the wine "notepad" the default text editor).

You need to delete those mime applications that wine creates under your home
folder.

Try something like:
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/wine

or search and delete the file that you told me (wine-extension-pdf).

The previous gnome instructions I told you should have worked though.

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Helmut Jarausch <
jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:

> On 07/07/10 12:45:05, App Deb wrote:
> > Right click on a pdf file, select properties -> open with -> and
> > select
> > evince instead of acroread.
> >
> > That it the way to easily change default applications for gnome.
>
> Unfortunately, not for me (Gnome 2.30)
> Before and after the above procedure I have
>
> gnomevfs-info MyFile.pdf
> still shows
> MIME type         : application/pdf
> Default app       : wine-extension-pdf.desktop
>
> I wonder where this 'wine-extension-pdf.desktop' is coming from.
>
> And Balsa tries to use this when viewing a pdf attachment.
> I'm lost,
> Helmut.
>
>
>
> > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Helmut Jarausch <
> > jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've discovered balsa , a great mail client, btw.
> > > How can I configure the application which is called for a pdf
> > > attachment.
> > >
> > > I cannot see any configuration item for balsa itself, so I suppose
> > > it must be a Gnome setting.
> > >
> > > Currently it's set to acroread, but I'd like to set it evince.
> > > I've checked ~/.mime.types and several files in /usr/share/mime*
> > >
> > > The only file I've found is
> > > /usr/share/mime-info/gnome-vfs.keys
> > >
> > > Is that the right place? How should I edit it (with a standard text
> > > editor?)
> > >
> > > Many thanks for your help,
> > > Helmut.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>

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