On 3/8/25 3:55 PM, Mike Kupfer wrote:
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 can suggest a couple things to try, either of which should get you
back to using Atril.
1. Open the MATE Control Center, click on "Preferred Applications" (in
the "Personal" section). In the window that appears, click on the
"Office" tab. Set "Document Viewer" to Atril.
*YES* !!!!!!!!!!!!!! _THANK YOU_
I initially didn't recognize the term "MATE Control Center".
For future readers of this thread.
1. In the primary menu {Panel} chose System->Control Center
2. In the that appears chose "Set Preferred Applications"
3. In the panel that appears select "Office"
4. Select preferred "Document Viewer" {see note below}
2. In Caja, right click on a PDF file. Click on "Properties". Click on
the "Open With" tab, select Atril.
That worked as expected the FIRST time a PDF document was chosen
[i.e. that action selected a DEFAULT viewer].
It subsequent use could select an alternate viewer for current document
[i.e. it would not change default viewer].
I don't have any ideas for how you ended up with a different PDF viewer.
Nor do I ;{
*NOTE*
Today, in Step 4 above, Atril was the apparently selected item
I arbitrarily chose another entry.
It opened the PDF with chose viewer.
I reset the viewer selection to Atril.
PDFs now open with Atril by default.
There appears to be an internal communication bug.
I don't know how to reproduce the problem I experienced.
Thanks again.
cheers,
mike
