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kb:file_handling_issues [2010/08/18 21:28] – dstillman | kb:file_handling_issues [2022/12/19 21:20] (current) – [PDFs opening in wrong application on Linux systems] dstillman | ||
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- | === Gibberish (" | + | ====== File Handling Issues ====== |
- | Deleting mimeTypes.rdf from the [[http:// | + | ==== Unexpected behavior (wrong action, gibberish ("%PDF..."), etc.) when opening files from Zotero === |
- | Zotero | + | Deleting mimeTypes.rdf from your [[profile directory]] and restarting |
+ | ==== PDFs opening in wrong application on Linux systems ==== | ||
- | === PDFs opening in wrong application | + | While Zotero be configured to use the system-default PDF reader, file handling |
- | If you find that PDFs open in eg. Gimp even though you've set the file handler to be Okular in Dolphin/ | + | |
+ | If you'd like to keep the setting as " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Open the file | ||
< | < | ||
~/ | ~/ | ||
</ | </ | ||
- | in your favorite plain text editor and look for the line " | + | in a text editor and look for the line " |
< | < | ||
- | application/ | + | application/ |
</ | </ | ||
- | If the file does not exist, | + | If the file does not exist, create it and enter the following content: |
< | < | ||
[Default Applications] | [Default Applications] | ||
+ | application/ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Note: On some systems, you might need to use | ||
+ | < | ||
application/ | application/ | ||
</ | </ | ||
+ | instead. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | For other PDF readers you might use one of the following: | ||
- | If you want Evince or Adobe Acrobat instead of Okular, use | ||
< | < | ||
application/ | application/ | ||
</ | </ | ||
- | or | ||
< | < | ||
application/ | application/ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | application/ | ||
</ | </ | ||
- | {{tag> | + | {{tag> |