I much prefer OKULAR over EVINCE

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:15 PM, prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> wrote:

> Puneeth Chaganti <punchagan@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:31 PM, prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> wrote:
> >> how do i set evince as the default.
> >>
> >> right now xpdf is, but if i remove it, following a link to a pdf file
> >> produces nothing.
> >>
> >> i'm using gnome and evince is the default there (eg through nautilus),
> >> so somehow it seems that orgmode has decided to make xpdf the default
> >> instead.
> >
> > Customize the variable `org-file-apps'.  Look at documentation of the
> > variable, for an example and options available.
> >
> thx Puneeth! that's what i was looking for!
> strange thing is that it was already set to default so i thought evince
> would come up. then i changed it to system and xpdf still opened it.
>
> anyway, i altered it to
> evince -p %1 %s
>
> and all is well.
>
> --
> in friendship,
> prad
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