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yves04

Member

Registered: 2012-09-23

Posts: 135

Problem with texdoc

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*Hello. Happy Christmas for all !*

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I'v just a little problem : when I type, for instance,

$texdoc url

I receive some errors :

xprop : command not found

.....

xdg-open : no method available for /usr/local/texlive..../url.pdf

So I've installed xorg-xprop and the first error has disappeared. For the second, in the file

/usr/bin/xdg-open I've replaced (in the line 411) BROWSER=firefox:....with

BROWSER=tazweb:seamonkey (my only browsers)  and after that I've made seamonkey able to open pdf file with evince.

So far so good, but now when I type

texdoc url

seamonkey starts and evince after that.

Obviously I'd rather evince starts right now without seamonkey. How fix this problem.

Thanks a lot. Have a nice day.

lexeii

Administrator

Registered: 2012-03-21

Posts: 1,853

Re: Problem with texdoc

Yves04,

Happy Holidays for You!

Really,  I dislike the behavior of silly xdg-open! It is very unwise to open ALL the file types in the web browser. Nowadays, web browser is a weight, slow started software...

Can you try the next trick (and confirm or reject it):

Use your file manager instead of web browser!

I know, PCManFM can open files in preferred applications, and just hope about SpaceFM.

Rewrite your configuration above :

[c]BROWSER=pcmanfm[/c]

Have a nice day!

yves04

Member

Registered: 2012-09-23

Posts: 135

Re: Problem with texdoc

Thanks you Aleksej for your very fast (as Slitaz) answer.

It works perfectly with BROWSER=pcmanfm : convenient, faster and with less memory.

Have a very nice day.

lexeii

Administrator

Registered: 2012-03-21

Posts: 1,853

Re: Problem with texdoc

More,  I think, xdg-open should be rewritten and simplified to just open all the files in the file manager.

This xdg-open with its hundreds of lines absolutely have no sense.

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