#668203 PDF files opened by gimp instead of evince

Package:
xfce4
Source:
xfce4
Submitter:
"W. Martin Borgert"
Date:
2015-08-07 12:24:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#668203#5
Date:
2012-04-09 16:57:44 UTC
From:
To:
When I open a PDF files in iceweasel or thunar, gimp is used
by default. Of course, this does not make much sense. Evince or
any other PDF reader should be used.

(I'm not sure, whether this is related to #522998, but xfce
doesn't use libgnomevfs, right?)
#668203#10
Date:
2012-04-10 18:41:21 UTC
From:
To:
gnomevfs doesn't exist anymore but it's definitely the same issue. Now I
don't think anyone would like gimp to be the first choice to open pdf,
so I don't get why the bugs has been closed.

I'm not yet forcemerging, but it still puzzles me on why (basically)
everybody would need to override those defaults when they just don't
make sense.

Regards,
#668203#15
Date:
2012-07-16 20:46:26 UTC
From:
To:
This is not a XFCE related bug, but rather MIME or local settings.
Try to create file "~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list" which contains
[Default Applications]
application/pdf=evince.desktop
or add that line if file/section exists.

I guess you wish to have evince as an opener for pdf.
I think that bug should be closed.
#668203#20
Date:
2012-07-31 16:40:01 UTC
From:
To:
It looks like XFCE 4.10 includes a MIME type editor[1], which should
help in this situation

[1] http://www.xfce.org/about/tour
#668203#25
Date:
2015-08-07 12:20:36 UTC
From:
To:
With Xfce4 4.10.1 (Jessie) the problem is still present.

I still have to use the use the workaround suggested by Aliaksei Sheshka.

It's not a big problem, but one of the many small usability issues
that make Debian hard to use for most people.