How to configure Thunderbird to open pdf attachments with Okular?

Henrique Koesjan hkoesjan at gmail.com
Thu Dec 3 16:00:35 UTC 2009


sorry, mimeTypes.rdf not mimeType.rdf

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Henrique Koesjan <hkoesjan at 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.
>
> hope it can help.
> henrique
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Paul Smith <phhs80 at 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 in advance,
>>
>> Paul
>>
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