Re: alternative for pdf-viewer
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 02:32:53PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> Steffen Joeris <steffen.joeris@skolelinux.de> wrote:
> > Is it possible to get an alternative for a pdf-viewer, so that you can
> > choose /etc/alternatives/pdf-viewer in the code and this will link to a free
> > viewer, e.g. kghostview or gpdf?
>
> Can't you just use "see $filename" and rely on the mailcap entry?
That's my suggestion too.
There's a whacky bug report against Xpdf about this (#257651).
I still don't know what to do with it.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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