Mozplugger does not work for PDF files

[Sam Varshavchik]

Does anyone have mozplugger working for them for PDF files? Not sure if I 
have something broken, or if its a mozplugger bug. Opening links with PDF 
files downloads them as any other file, instead of being opened with evince 
inside a Firefox window.

Mozplugger seems to be working for other filetypes. mp3 files get opened in 
totem, inside Firefox.

[Jon Ingason]

2011-02-07 14:33, Steve Underwood skrev:
>  On 02/07/2011 02:07 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > Does anyone have mozplugger working for them for PDF files? Not sure
> > if I have something broken, or if its a mozplugger bug. Opening links
> > with PDF files downloads them as any other file, instead of being
> > opened with evince inside a Firefox window.
> >
> > Mozplugger seems to be working for other filetypes. mp3 files get
> > opened in totem, inside Firefox.
> >
>  I've never seen evince open inside firefox on any version of Fedora.
>
>  Steve
>  
If I understand the mozplugger documentation right then mozplugger use 
external programs to open the document you are viewing. See URL:

http://mozplugger.mozdev.org/documentation.html

-- 
Regards
Jon Ingason

[Steve Underwood]

On 02/07/2011 02:07 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>  Does anyone have mozplugger working for them for PDF files? Not sure
>
>  if I have something broken, or if its a mozplugger bug. Opening links 
>  with PDF files downloads them as any other file, instead of being 
>  opened with evince inside a Firefox window.
>
>  Mozplugger seems to be working for other filetypes. mp3 files get 
>  opened in totem, inside Firefox.
>  
I've never seen evince open inside firefox on any version of Fedora.

Steve

[Sam Varshavchik]

Sam Varshavchik writes:

>  Chris Smart writes:
>  
> > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam(a)courier-mta.com&gt;
> wrote:
> >>
> >> It uses either one. I also have xpdf installed, as well. No dice. Does it
> >> work for you?
> >>
> > 
> > Yep, it works for me.. i.e.
> > http://xena.sourceforge.net/media/DigitalPresevervationBrochure.pdf
> > 
> > Comes up inside Firefox using xpdf.
>  
>  No dice for me.
>  
>  [mrsam@lc2440 ~]$ rpm -q xpdf
>  xpdf-3.02-16.fc14.i686
>  [mrsam@lc2440 ~]$ rpm -q mozplugger
>  mozplugger-1.14.2-1.fc14.i686
>  
>  The link just downloads the file into the regular download folder, and then 
>  I get to double-click on it, to open it in xpdf.
>  
>  I must have something broken, but I see nothing obvious. about:plugins shows 
>  mozplugger as the only handler for all the pdf mime types. Can't be some 
>  other plugin messing things up.
>  
>  Oh well, when I have some time, I'll have to do some digging. 
Figured it out. In Firefox preferences, in the "Applications" tab, I had the 
PDF file set to "Save", rather than mozplugger.

[Mohamed El Morabity]

Le dimanche 06 février 2011 à 13:07 -0500, Sam Varshavchik a écrit :
>  Does anyone have mozplugger working for them for PDF files? Not sure
> if I 
>  have something broken, or if its a mozplugger bug. Opening links with PDF 
>  files downloads them as any other file, instead of being opened with evince 
>  inside a Firefox window.
>  
>  Mozplugger seems to be working for other filetypes. mp3 files get opened in 
>  totem, inside Firefox.
>   
Hi,

to make mozplugger work with Evince, I had to add the following lines in
the ~/.mozplugger/mozpluggerrc file:

application/pdf: pdf: PDF file
application/x-pdf: pdf: PDF file
text/pdf: pdf: PDF file
text/x-pdf: pdf: PDF file
        repeat noisy swallow(evince) fill: evince "$file"
        repeat swallow(acrobatreader) fill: acroread -geometry +9000
+9000 +useFrontEndProgram -tempFileTitle acrobatreader "$file"
        repeat noisy swallow(win) fill: xpdf -g +9000+9000 "$file"
        repeat noisy swallow(gv) fill: gv -safer -quiet -antialias
-geometry +9000+9000 "$file"

application/x-postscript: ps: PostScript file
application/postscript: ps: PostScript file
        repeat noisy swallow(evince) fill: evince "$file"
        repeat noisy swallow(gv) fill: gv -safer -quiet -antialias
-geometry +9000+9000 "$file"
        repeat swallow(Pageview) fill: pageview "$file"

(taken from a French mozplugger tutorial for Ubuntu)

[Sam Varshavchik]

Chris Smart writes:

>  On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Sam Varshavchik
> <mrsam(a)courier-mta.com&gt; wrote:
> >
> > It uses either one. I also have xpdf installed, as well. No dice. Does it
> > work for you?
> >
>  
>  Yep, it works for me.. i.e.
>  http://xena.sourceforge.net/media/DigitalPresevervationBrochure.pdf
>  
>  Comes up inside Firefox using xpdf. 
No dice for me.

[mrsam@lc2440 ~]$ rpm -q xpdf
xpdf-3.02-16.fc14.i686
[mrsam@lc2440 ~]$ rpm -q mozplugger
mozplugger-1.14.2-1.fc14.i686

The link just downloads the file into the regular download folder, and then 
I get to double-click on it, to open it in xpdf.

I must have something broken, but I see nothing obvious. about:plugins shows 
mozplugger as the only handler for all the pdf mime types. Can't be some 
other plugin messing things up.

Oh well, when I have some time, I'll have to do some digging.

[Chris Smart]

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam(a)courier-mta.com&gt; wrote:
>  It uses either one. I also have xpdf installed, as well. No dice. Does it
>  work for you?
>  
Yep, it works for me.. i.e.
http://xena.sourceforge.net/media/DigitalPresevervationBrochure.pdf

Comes up inside Firefox using xpdf.

-c

[Sam Varshavchik]

Chris Smart writes:

>  On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 5:07 AM, Sam Varshavchik
> <mrsam(a)courier-mta.com&gt; wrote:
> > Does anyone have mozplugger working for them for PDF files? Not sure if I
> > have something broken, or if its a mozplugger bug. Opening links with PDF
> > files downloads them as any other file, instead of being opened with evince
> > inside a Firefox window.
> >
>  
>  I could be wrong, but I think it uses xpdf, not evince. Try installing
>  xpdf, restart Firefox and see if that works.. 
It uses either one. I also have xpdf installed, as well. No dice. Does it 
work for you?

[Chris Smart]

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 5:07 AM, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam(a)courier-mta.com&gt; wrote:
>  Does anyone have mozplugger working for them for PDF files? Not sure
> if I
>  have something broken, or if its a mozplugger bug. Opening links with PDF
>  files downloads them as any other file, instead of being opened with evince
>  inside a Firefox window.
>  
I could be wrong, but I think it uses xpdf, not evince. Try installing
xpdf, restart Firefox and see if that works..

-c