On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Henrique Koesjan <hkoesjan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
sorry, mimeTypes.rdf not mimeType.rdf
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Henrique Koesjan <hkoesjan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> I don't know if it is the best way to do that, but you can:
> close thunderbird
> go to:
> ~/.thunderbird/
> there is a directory like ??????.default or other name (your profile folder).
> There is a file called mimeType.rdf
>
> make a backup of it: cp mimeType.rdf mimeType.rdf.backup
> gedit mimeType.rdf
>
> look for some lines like that:
> <RDF:Description
RDF:about="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/pdf"
> NC:prettyName=""
> NC:path="" />
>
> change to:
> <RDF:Description
RDF:about="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/pdf"
> NC:prettyName="okular"
> NC:path="/usr/bin/okular" />
>
> save and close gedit, and exit terminal.
>
> open thunderbird, and next time you will be prompted to open, you can
> choose okular and if you want memorize this decision.
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Paul Smith <phhs80(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I would like to configure Thunderbird to open pdf attachments with
>> Okular. However, I cannot find any entry for the pdf type in the tab
>> Attachments of the Preferences window. Any ideas?
Thanks, Henrique and Steven. I have just deleted my mimeTypes.rdf,
and apparently everything seems to be working: Okular is the default
Thunderbird application to open pdf attachments.
Paul