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Re: Transfer Window double-click bug?

Subject: Re: Transfer Window double-click bug?
From: Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen <eirik@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:45:48 +0100
Newsgroups: opera.linux
Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas <lbocseg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi, I'm using Opera 9.02 for Debian (.deb static version). There is a
> long while (since I use Opera for Linux, I guess) I have a very
> annoying behaviour and, now, I finally decided to write about it.
>
> I do not use the acrobat pdf reader plugin since I think it is too
> slow and gives some unstability to Opera. When I download a pdf and
> double-click on it in the Transfer Window, it launchs gpdf, instead of
> acroread, that is the program I was expecting to open. In the
> preferences->downloads->handlers for saved files, the "Files" program
> is set to "kfmclient exec". When I run "kfmclient exec" on a pdf file,
> in konsole, it opens acroread. Additionally, in the preferences, the
> "Ask before starting program" is checked. However, nor Opera asks me
> to confirm, nor it does execute "kfmclient exec", but gpdf is launched
> instead.
>
> What can I do to open acroread when double-clicking a pdf file in the
> transfer window?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rodrigo.

I think opera 9 uses the settings in kde and/or gnome to decide what
program to use.  I don't know too much about this, though.

eirik


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