On Wednesday 28 July 2004 01.53, Ivan Nestlerode wrote: > KDE doesn't seem to save my appliaction associations for PDF. I'll > describe the scenario in more detail. I can confirm the bug, since it happened to me too. > Out of the box, KDE doesn't seem to know what to do with a .pdf file. > When I click on one of them on my Desktop, I get a window to pick the > application to open it with. I select '/usr/bin/xpdf'. If you install kghostview or kpdf then KDE can open .pdf files with those. But I also prefer xpdf. > I also check the box "Remember application association for this type of > file". > > Then I click Ok. > > A window appears that says "Updating System Configuration" with a > percentage bar. It fills up to 100% and disappears. The PDF opens in > xpdf. > > However, nothing was saved apparently. If I close xpdf, and click on the > .pdf file again, I get exactly the same dialog that wants me to chose > what application to open it with again. I have found a way to workaround the problem. If you place self made .desktop file in your $HOME/.kde/share/applnk/ directory, then it can be easily added to other programs. I'm attaching the file I made. I have put it in $HOME/.kde/share/applnk/Graphics because that's the place where the KDE 3.1 put it. (I think that this bug is related to the transition to the new xdg desktop file specification.) Regards Zsolt
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