Re: [Evolution] pdf ans ps files - view inline - not working

[Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>]

- Run the mail component from a terminal.  I'm not sure there's a way to
get extra spewage.  Of course, running it in gdb or strace can get you
extra information.

- /usr/bin/evolution-mail

- I think it's /usr/bin/bonobo-application-ps, which comes from the ggv
package.

-Mark Gordon

On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 16:46, Etienne Tourigny wrote:
> I forgot to mention I'm using RH 7.3 with Ximian Desktop (the minimum).
>
> Now some questions:
>
> - Is there a way to get some debugging output to find out what is done
> by Evo when I select view inline?  
>
> - What process handles reading an email and opening the inline or
> external viewers?  I'm willing to do some digging.
>
> - What is the postscript component used?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 16:37, Mark Gordon wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 15:11, Etienne Tourigny wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > when I have pdf attachments in an email, I have the option to "View
> > > Inline (via Postscript component)" on Evolution 1.2.0.  However, if I
> > > select this option or click on the arrow, nothing more is displayed. 
> > > However jpeg attachments work fine viewed inline.
> > >
> > > Postscript files show up, but they are blank.
> > >
> > > Any one got pdf and ps inline viewing working?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Etienne
> >
> > I'm having similar problems on RH71. Inline .ps is a clearly delimited
> > blank white box, and inline .pdf seems to think it works but doesn't
> > render anything visible, just a smaller blank space with no apparent
> > borders (if it's there at all).  It could be a problem with Evo, or the
> > Postscript component it's trying to invoke, or some of the related
> > infrastructure.
-- 
Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>