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

["Jérôme M. Berger"]

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:
> 
>> 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.
> 
	Note that if you set it up once in the pop-up, it will remember it
for the next time *even if it doesn't say so*. So the next time you
get the "Open with..." dialog with apparently no application
selected, you can just hit OK and it should open in okular...

		Jerome
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