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Date:      Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:44:59 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: epiphany and pdf files (file associations)
Message-ID:  <1244943899.39104.3.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906131829520.26048@yokozuna.lan>
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On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 18:35 +0200, Marco Beishuizen wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2009, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>=20
> > Have you tried to download the PDF file then open your choice of PDF=20
> > application to see if it works? If not then it won't work in another wa=
y at=20
> > all, but if it works then it's strange. Try to run Epiphany from termin=
al app=20
> > for you can see error. Also, check in ~/.xsession-error for any error. =
I am=20
> > able to click on link of PDF file then it opens Evince and display fine=
.
>=20
> When I do that epiphany downloads the file but when downloaded (100%) it=20
> doesn't do anything. I can only click on "stop".

There is a bug in epiphany.  Go to Edit > Preferences, and make sure a
valid location is chosen for downloads.  Every time you go here, it will
reset to "File system".  Just make the change, and remember to change it
back if you ever have to revisit Preferences.

Joe

>=20
> I installed mozplugger and seems to work quite nice. PDF's are opened=20
> inside epiphany with Adobe Reader, and doc's are opened in a seperate=20
> window in Abiword. I'm going to find out how to change some settings.
>=20
> Thanks for the tip.
>=20
> Marco
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