[arch-general] Getting firefox to use the PDF I want?

[Nathan Wayde]

On 22/07/10 23:31, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:
>
> It would appear that on Jul 21, Magnus Therning did say:
>
>> After installing Gimp it became the default application for PDFs,
>> something I didn't really want.
> <snip>
>> How do I get firefox to use the correct application?
>
> It would appear that on Jul 21, Nilesh Govindarajan did say:
>
>>
>> Firefox->Edit->Preferences->Applications
>>
>
> It would appear that on Jul 21, Magnus Therning did say:
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>> Ah, forgot to mention that I've looked there already.  There is no mention of
>> PDF there, and I can't find a way to add an entry to it.
> <snip>
>> But where, and how do I change the settings?
>
> I used  the search box inside "Firefox->Edit->Preferences->Applications" to
> pull up what to do with "pdf" and was then able to set it to okular. But
> then I no longer get the selection pop-up that would let me override the choice
> and use evince if I wanted to... And if I select "always ask" the pop-up
> doesn't offer okular except by clicking my way to the search box where I need
> to point or type the full path. IE: /usr/bin/okular rather than just okular
>
> So I decided to just set it and forget it.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
why not just set it to xdg-open and be done with it?