How to configure Thunderbird to open pdf attachments with Okular?

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Henrique Koesjan <hkoesjan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> 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, 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