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Merged use xdg-open as the pdf viewer
johto84/liuthesis:xdg-open-as-default-pdf-viewer into master
Merged John Törnblom requested to merge johto84/liuthesis:xdg-open-as-default-pdf-viewer into master

makefile: use xdg-open as the pdf viewer

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  • Ola Leifler
    Ola Leifler @olale55 ·
    Owner

    What problem does this solve? I can see that you might have different preferences, but what's wrong with Evince as default in the Makefile?

  • John Törnblom
    John Törnblom @johto84 ·
    Author Contributor

    xdg-open opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application. For example, if you use a default Gnome3 install, xdg-open would launch evince. If you use the default KDE install (which does not include evince), xdg-open will launch okular. Personally, I sometimes use a customized XFCE install with foxit reader (proprietary PDF viewer). So, this patch saves me the trouble to editing the Makefile depending on the PC/desktop I happen to be using.

  • Ola Leifler approved this merge request

    approved this merge request

  • Ola Leifler merged

    merged

  • Ola Leifler mentioned in commit f820a22d

    mentioned in commit f820a22d

  • Ola Leifler
    Ola Leifler @olale55 ·
    Owner

    Ok, good explanation, approved!

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