Thanks for the suggestions, but no cigar...kevin bowers wrote:Open /usr/local/bin/defaulthandler as text; change "epdfview" to "foxit" or, I have had better luck with using the full path, usually /usr/bin/foxit or /usr/local/bin/foxit, wherever foxit installs to. Usually works, good luck!otropogo wrote: Now to find the procedure for making foxit the default pdf reader...
ps. This is Linux--don't forget to save! Also, don't forget to boogie, but that's different.
I renamed defaulthander to .bak, then changed epdfview to foxit and saved as defaulthandler. Tried opening a pdf file, still using pdfview 0.1.7
Tried restarting X, same result.
Searched for foxit with pfind, and found three entries, /usr/bin/FoxitReader; /usr/lib/Foxit;/usr/lib/Foxit/FoxitReader
Edited defaulthandler replacing foxit with /usr/bin/FoxitReader, and saved.
Reopened pdf file, still using ePDFview. Rebooted system, checked text of defaulthandler, reopened pdf file - still us9ing ePDFview.
I noticed that pfind gives the path for ../bin/FoxitReader as /usr/bin/,
whereas it's actually /.usr/bin/, Have tried that also, and still no change.
I've looked for a separate default file for PDF viewers in the /usr/local/bin directory (as exist for other categories, like browser), but can't see any.
So now I'm puzzled. How is lupu getting its direction to open PDF files with ePDFview, given that the defaulthandler file doesn't contain any reference to it? And if it gets it's direction from elsewhere, what purpose does the defaulthandler file serve?