Re: where is acrobat?

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

Hi Geoffrey!

On Apr  9, 2012, at  9:42 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> The default location for acoread used by Balsa does not correspond to
> my setup. Is this hardwired or is there a config somewhere?  Desktop is
> XFCE, and there's no system default.

Balsa uses the GAppInfo API to create the menu that offers actions for  
attachments. Balsa itself knows nothing about the type of an attachment,  
nor about the appropriate app for accessing it. I believe that GAppInfo  
gets the information from .desktop files, so I'm guessing that acroread  
either doesn't come with one, or it's broken. A quick fix might be to  
symlink the real binary to whatever path Balsa tries to use, if you know  
what it is. The real fix, I suppose, would be for someone to package the  
reader with a correct .desktop file.

Best,

Peter