Re: iceweasel download panel uses gimp for pdf [SOLVED]

I'm happy to report that using open with (and then remember application association) from KDE's dolphin file browser did work to reset the open behavior from iceweasel's download panel. I used this to reset both pdf and directory associations.

After this exercise the ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list, which previously did not exist, was present and contained
[Added Associations]
application/pdf=kde4-okular.desktop;
inode/directory=kde4-dolphin.desktop;

Apparently iceweasel pays attention to this file, even though KDE didn't need it to open the right applications.

I still don't know where iceweasel was getting its original file associations. Joe (below) mentioned that iceweasel has its own database; this is true, but is not where the associations were coming from (see my original post for details).

Thanks everyone for your help.

Ross

On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 1:21 AM, Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:

On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 07:36:43 +0200
<tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:

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> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 07:28:29PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> > On 09/18/2015 07:11 PM, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > >When I download a pdf in iceweasel and click on the download icon
> > >to open the list of downloaded files, and click on a pdf file,
> > >gimp starts.
> > >
> > >I want okular to be used instead. How can I do that from the
> > >download panel? (I know I can open the file independently).
> > >
> > >Also, when I open the containing folder (from the same download
> > >panel) gwenview starts. I want a regular file browser.
> > >
> > >I can't figure out where this is set. The pdf application
> > >association in iceweasel has "always download"; I think these are
> > >settings for embedded content on web pages, and don't control file
> > >associations from the download pane.
> > >
> > >I'm running under KDE; it lists okular as the top file
> > >association for pdf, though gimp is an alternate.
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > Right click on a .pdf file, choose open with, other, drop down box
> > choose Okular. Done.
>
> Explanation: there is a system global "database" which associates the
> MIME type of a file with the preferred application(s) to open it (with
> many kludges inherited from Windows, alas).
>

Indeed, but Iceweasel (and possibly other browsers) has its own
independent database, which allows an application to be selected, or
the user asked at download time. Open Preferences, then Application.

> For some strange reason The Gimp has been associated to
> "application/pdf". Now every user has to correct that to some
> sensible PDF viewer.
>

Not in my sid, which has Evince, now known as 'Document Viewer' set for
pdfs. I must find another PostScript viewer, as Evince is also set for
that, and it's rubbish at displaying the few PS files it can open
without crashing...

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Joe