On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 07:41:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > My system is Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 > > It used to be that clicking on a PDF opened it with Atril. > I don't know what *I DID*, but it now opens with L3afpad. > > I assumed that Edit Preferences was the place to go. > But under Browser->Helper Applications it says "always ask" indicating > system isn't getting that far.
You didn't tell us, but I read between the lines that you are editing your browser's preferences. Now the browser wants you (very badly) to believe that it IS the world -- and seems to be succeeding, alas. But it isn't You want to tweak your desktop environment's preferences. Now I'm the wrong people to ask about DEs, because I try to avoid them, but I've been told that you can... - right click on your PDF [1] - in the context menu chose "open with" - select your favourite application, BUT - somewhere on that way you'll get a choice to "always open this kind of file with...": select that. > I used to know what to do ;< That's why I hate DEs. They subtly sabotage one's ability to learn. HTH [1] Of course you can't "click" on a "PDF". You click on that funny pic pretending to represent that PDF. Or something. I hope you know what I mean. -- tomás >
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