Re: [Evolution] Displaying Attachments

[Norman Lambert <nrmnlmbrt gmail com>]

Dear Pete
First, my apologies - I've only just joined this group and am not yet
into its etiquette.  Second you and all the others who have answered this question are stars!  I tried the 
Nautilus procedure you mentioned and hey presto!  Solution at once!  Many thanks all!
Kind regards
Norman
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On Fri, 2019-02-15 at 00:36 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
> ** Please reply directly to the list, and not to me personally.
>
> On Thu, 2019-02-14 at 23:52 +0000, Norman Lambert wrote:
> > Dear Pete
> > Thank you for your interest in this minor problem. The result you
> > want
> > is
> >
> > $ xdg-mime query default application/pdf
> > okularApplication_pdf.desktop,
>
> That's strange 'cos that is what I understand Evolution to use to
> determine the application used to open the attachments.  Indeed I've
> just tried it on my system and changing the XDG file association
> changes the application used to open the attachment. Perhaps others
> who
> actually know the code would care to comment!
>
> There is also a lengthy discussion on it in the archives - see the
> thread starting at:
>
>  
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2017-May/msg00135.html
>
>
> Ultimately you could try running nautilus (the Gnome file handler),
> right click on a .pdf file, select Properties and from there change
> the
> default handler.
>
> P.
>
>
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