Acroread Problem

[Fritz Whittington]

On or about 2004-03-15 14:06, Clint whipped out a trusty #2 pencil and 
scribbled:

>>> If this is unresolvable, how I can I tell Mozilla to use xpdf as the 
>>> default pdf viewer?
>>>
>>
>> I don't know about the error buit to you can change to xpdf is the
>> preferences of Mozilla.
>
>
> I wasn't able to find a solution to why Acroread chokes in Mozilla, 
> but works fine otherwise, so I removed it by
>
> rpm -e acroread
>
> and then made sure the nppdf.so plugin was removed from 
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
>
> and restarted mozilla and xpdf is now back to being the default pdf 
> viewer.
>
> I really liked acroread, but I couldn't tolerate it not functioning in 
> Mozilla.
>
If you really liked Acroread, you can re-install it.  As long as you 
remove the plug-in, Mozilla will honor your choice of an external 
"helper" app, like xpdf.  The problem is, that IF there's a plugin 
installed that can handle a file, then Mozilla will happily ignore your 
attempts to set up a helper app to handle it.  You might even discover 
that Acroread will work as an external helper app.  But at least then 
you can have your choice.

-- 
Fritz Whittington
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes ...
That way when you do criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes!

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