[referencer] opening pdf problem

pasp pasp at ll.pl
Mon Apr 20 19:08:44 EDT 2009


On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:20:40 +0100
John Spray <jcspray at gmail.com> wrote:

> When you're setting the default PDF viewer, is that in nautilus?

True :)

> Referencer just uses the gnome-vfs 'run' method, so it should pick up
> whatever is set there.  To be honest I've never changed it from
> evince, so I don't know exactly how it works.

I've strace'd Referencer and found problem with AcrobatReader.desktop
file located in $HOME/.local/share/applications.

For some reason i can't explain, the Exec key in that file has malformed
path into Adobe reader executable. So, I fixed it and voil'a - it works!

Tomek


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