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Edmund

2007-11-20, 7:12 pm

Hi all,

Debian Etch Gnome

I deleted my PDF viewer because it crashed on some
PDF files. Now I installed a some other viewers
which work better. The problem is now that when
I browse to a website with a PDF file openoffice-draw
is trying to open that PDF file but it can't.

How do I make KPDF the default program to open PDF
files?


Thanks
Brad Rogers

2007-11-21, 7:14 am

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:02:34 +0000, Edmund wrote:

> How do I make KPDF the default program to open PDF
> files?


You need to look at 'File Associations' in the 'KDE Components' section of
the 'KDE Control Centre'. There may already be some applications listed,
but you may have to resort them, or add others.

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/ _)rad never immediately apparent"

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Edmund

2007-11-21, 7:14 am

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:32:27 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:02:34 +0000, Edmund wrote:
>
>
> You need to look at 'File Associations' in the 'KDE Components' section of
> the 'KDE Control Centre'. There may already be some applications listed,
> but you may have to resort them, or add others.


Thanks for helping Brad but I use Gnome and I
connot find any of the things you mention.
I don't see "File Associations" "Gnome Components"
or "Gnome Control Centre" either.


Edmund
Mark South

2007-11-21, 7:14 am

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:02:34 +0000, Edmund wrote:

> How do I make KPDF the default program to open PDF
> files?


Menu-click on a PDF file and see what options you have.
Jeremy Boden

2007-11-21, 7:14 am

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:31:50 +0000, Edmund wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:32:27 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for helping Brad but I use Gnome and I connot find any of the
> things you mention. I don't see "File Associations" "Gnome Components"
> or "Gnome Control Centre" either.
>
>

right-click on application; properties; "open with" tab.

--
Jeremy Boden
"64 bits good, 32 bits bad"
Jeremy Boden

2007-11-21, 1:12 pm

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:10:24 +0000, Jeremy Boden wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:31:50 +0000, Edmund wrote:
>
> right-click on application; properties; "open with" tab.

CORRECTION!
right-click on file (in nautilus); properties; "open with" tab.

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Jeremy Boden
"64 bits good, 32 bits bad"
Edmund

2007-11-21, 7:12 pm

>>>
> CORRECTION!
> right-click on file (in nautilus); properties; "open with" tab.


This works, thank you.

Edmund
Edmund

2007-11-21, 7:12 pm

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:03:09 +0100, Mark South wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:02:34 +0000, Edmund wrote:
>
>
> Menu-click on a PDF file and see what options you have.


I had to go under properties, now it works, thans.

Edmund
Brad Rogers

2007-11-22, 7:11 pm

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:31:50 +0000, Edmund wrote:

> Thanks for helping Brad but I use Gnome and I
> connot find any of the things you mention.
> I don't see "File Associations" "Gnome Components"
> or "Gnome Control Centre" either.


You won't, I m afraid. I assumed, wrongly, that as you mentioned kpdf you
are using KDE.

That aside, I see Jeremy has offered a solution for Gnome.

--
Regards _
/ ) "The blindingly obvious is
/ _)rad never immediately apparent"

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Edmund

2007-11-22, 7:11 pm

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:18:13 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:31:50 +0000, Edmund wrote:
>
>
> That aside, I see Jeremy has offered a solution for Gnome.


Yep I am fine thanks anyway.

Edmund
>

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