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by robbystephenson :: Rate this Message:

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Ahhhh, thanks. I'll bookmark that for when people ask.

On 7/4/09, Ariel Tarifeño <atarisal@...> wrote:

> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I fail to fix the problem using kcontrol or something similar in ubuntu
> 9.04.
> Finally, I solve the problem following the hint given in
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1154774
>
> Ariel
>
> 2009/7/1 Robby Stephenson <robby@...>
>
>> On Wednesday 01 July 2009, Ariel Tarifeño wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I have problems when opening linked pdf files in tellico. By default,
>> > the
>> > files are opened with GIMP. I have change file associations using
>> > systemsettings but it still does not work in tellico although it works
>> > in
>> > the KDE session.
>>
>> Evidently, this problem seems to occur frequently. First, I have no idea
>> if
>> KDE4 file associations work for a KDE3 app. systemsettings is for KDE4,
>> right? I don't have any idea if that affects the current SVN version of
>> Tellico.
>>
>> Second, Tellico doesn't have anything to do with which application opens.
>> It
>> just tells the desktop to open the file and it's up to the desktop to do
>> that. It seems that Gnome doesn't obey KDE and vice-verse, not much I can
>> do
>> about that.
>>
>> So for Tellico 1.3.x, you have to to use kcontrol...
>>
>> I have no idea why a distribution would choose to associate GIMP with pdf
>> files. File a bug with them...
>>
>> Robby
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