xdg-open and apvlv

fuzymonkey · 2011-09-21 21:39:51

I recently switched to apvlv as my default pdf viewer. When I try to set it as my default pdf program in xdg-open (for chromium), with the command:

xdg-mime default apvlv.desktop application/pdf

xdg-open does it's favorite default behavior, which is to try to open the file in firefox. Any idea how I can fix this?

orschiro · 2011-09-21 23:15:30

Have you tried to create a ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list which contains the following?

[Default Applications]
application/pdf=apvlv.desktop

This works without any problems on my system. If still no luck, try to install perl-file-mimeinfo.

Regards

fuzymonkey · 2011-09-21 23:58:37

Same problem. After installing perl-file-mimeinfo, the file now opens in gimp, rather than firefox.

orschiro · 2011-09-21 23:59:50

Can you please post your defaults.list?

And which WM are you using?

Regards

fuzymonkey · 2011-09-22 00:05:46

[Default Applications]
text/x-shellscript=vim.desktop
text/rtf=abiword.desktop
application/msword=abiword.desktop
application/pdf=apvlv.desktop

My WM is scrotwm.

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