Re: [O] setting default pdf viewer

[François Pinard]

Nick Dokos <address@hidden> writes:

> Part of my frustration with these things (gnome things in particular) is
> the sparse-to-non-existent documentation,

But Nick, the GUI is everything now.  Who needs documentation! ?  :-(

Anecdote.  A big, complex translation system was demonstrated to a few
governmental possible buyers, who were taking it a bit from above.  At
the end of the demo, the technician decided to leave printed copies of
the documentation.  One of the receiving guy said: "What?  You mean that
your users actually have to *learn* how to use your system?"

Sorry!  But am i?  I did not even want to resist :-).

> that's a fight that's been fought and lost many times - many more times
> than it's been won.

On the Linux system, I seem just unable to find everything that needs to
be changed to prevent Nautilus from ever getting started.  In
particular, "xdg-open DIRECTORY" required that I patch the program
rather setting parameters.  It is very possible that I might have done
it all wrong, but for me at least, it *is* frustrating.

> Enough venting: I've veered off-topic quite a bit here.  [...] But I
> hope that the discussion, however tangential, is useful.

Well, you allowed me to release some steam.  Thanks! :-)

François