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 -- mailto:jeberger@xxxxxxx http://jeberger.free.fr Jabber: jeberger@xxxxxxxxx
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