Re: how to disable "embedded view" of pdf-files?

[Christian Saris <gesus14 googlemail com>]

Hi Reinout,

I found 4 of those so-files, removed every of them and everything works
fine now :-)

Now I'm glad that I can use evince in my old way. Thank you very much
for your help.

Regards,
Christian

Am Montag, den 10.03.2008, 18:05 +0100 schrieb Reinout van Schouwen:
> Hi Christian,
> 
> Op maandag 10-03-2008 om 17:55 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Christian
> Saris:
> 
> > deb-package of Adobe Reader. Whenever I click on a link to a pdf-file in
> > epiphany it is opened in the epiphany window (Adobe Reader seems to be
> > embedded). 
> 
> Yeah. That's the (pretty braindead, IMHO) Acrobat Reader mozilla plugin.
> 
> > Before I installed Adobe Reader epiphany asked me whether to open the
> > file or to save it. Meanwhile I removed the Adobe Reader, because I
> > really don't like it, but when I try to open the file epiphany opens a
> > white window. The file isn't displayed in there.
> 
> You need to look for a file (or a symbolic link to it) called
> 'nppdf.so'. Remove all traces of it, and you should be fine again. It
> might help to set Evince as your preferred PDF reader in the Properties
> -> Open With tab of any PDF file with Nautilus.
> 
> > Does anybody know how to fix it? I just want to be asked whether I want
> > to open the file or to save it.
> 
> Personally, I prefer Epiphany's automatic download & open functionality.
> You can set this in the Preferences window. With this option enabled,
> Epiphany will launch your PDF viewer without asking questions after the
> download completes and the PDF itself will be saved in your downloads
> folder.
> 
> regards,
>