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- | ==== File Handling Issues ==== | + | ====== File Handling Issues |
- | === Unexpected behavior (wrong action, gibberish (" | + | ==== Unexpected behavior (wrong action, gibberish (" |
- | Deleting mimeTypes.rdf from your profile directory and restarting | + | Deleting mimeTypes.rdf from your [[profile directory]] and restarting Zotero is generally what's needed to fix file handling issues. mimeTypes.rdf stores file handling associations and will be recreated automatically the next time you restart Zotero. |
- | == Profile directory location for Zotero for Firefox | + | ==== PDFs opening in wrong application on Linux systems ==== |
- | Follow [[http://support.mozilla.org/ | + | While Zotero be configured to use the system-default PDF reader, file handling on Linux can be affected by many settings. If you find that PDFs open in, say, Gimp even though you've set the file handler to be Okular in Dolphin/Nautilus/etc., the easiest solution is to choose a specific PDF reader from the General pane of the Zotero preferences. |
- | Zotero itself doesn't tell Firefox how to handle a file---it simply checks if a file can be handled within Firefox (natively or via a plugin) and then either sends it to Firefox if so or otherwise launches it via the OS. Problems in mimeTypes.rdf can prevent this from working properly, however. | + | If you'd like to keep the setting as " |
- | == Profile directory location for Zotero Standalone == | + | Open the file |
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- | You can find your Zotero Standalone profile directory in the following location: | + | |
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- | ^OS X|< | + | |
- | ^Windows 7/ | + | |
- | ^Windows XP/ | + | |
- | ^Linux|< | + | |
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- | === PDFs opening in wrong application on GNU/Linux systems === | + | |
- | If you find that PDFs open in eg. Gimp even though you've set the file handler to be Okular in Dolphin/ | + | |
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- | in your favorite plain text editor and look for the line " | + | in a text editor and look for the line " |
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- | If the file does not exist, | + | If the file does not exist, create it and enter the following content: |
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- | Note: on some systems, you might need to use | + | Note: On some systems, you might need to use |
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- | If you want Evince or Adobe Acrobat instead of Okular, | + | For other PDF readers |
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