The background is this. Suddenly document viewer wasn't in the list of options to open a pdf a while back. I've always used Evince so I found and installed it. All was well, but now it only shows the Adobe logo, not the front page of the pdf. How do I fix that, and is it connected to the fact that Mint doesn't seem to have an up to date version of it? (It used to just be a case of renaming the file but this doesn't work any more.)
Bev
On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 12:03:39PM +0000, Bev Nicolson wrote:
The background is this. Suddenly document viewer wasn't in the list of options to open a pdf a while back. I've always used Evince so I found and installed it. All was well, but now it only shows the Adobe logo, not the front page of the pdf. How do I fix that, and is it connected to the fact that Mint doesn't seem to have an up to date version of it? (It used to just be a case of renaming the file but this doesn't work any more.)
I have both evince and atril installed, I think atril is the more recently maintained PDF reader.
On 23/01/2022 12:47, Chris Green wrote:
On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 12:03:39PM +0000, Bev Nicolson wrote:
The background is this. Suddenly document viewer wasn't in the list of options to open a pdf a while back. I've always used Evince so I found and installed it. All was well, but now it only shows the Adobe logo, not the front page of the pdf. How do I fix that, and is it connected to the fact that Mint doesn't seem to have an up to date version of it? (It used to just be a case of renaming the file but this doesn't work any more.)
I have both evince and atril installed, I think atril is the more recently maintained PDF reader.
I had not even heard of atril but now installed. Hasn't solved the puzzle though, but I am getting the sense that Mint is not happy with Evince.
Bev
I'm using the latest Mint Mate and yes, Evince is no longer here. It's been replaced with Xreader 3.2.2 (https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader) This looks like a copy of another document viewer previously included in Mint Mate.
I personally haven't used Evince for a while.
Cheerio! Bart
niedz., 23 sty 2022 o 12:16 Bev Nicolson lumos@gmx.co.uk napisał(a):
The background is this. Suddenly document viewer wasn't in the list of options to open a pdf a while back. I've always used Evince so I found and installed it. All was well, but now it only shows the Adobe logo, not the front page of the pdf. How do I fix that, and is it connected to the fact that Mint doesn't seem to have an up to date version of it? (It used to just be a case of renaming the file but this doesn't work any more.)
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Elsewhere someone suggested that and it worked. Never heard of it till then! I'd expect it to pop up automatically as an option, like Evince did, though the trend now seems to be for either Firefox or Thunderbird to open them within the program, not outside it. But that's a bit off topic.
Bev
On 02/02/2022 21:43, B D wrote:
I'm using the latest Mint Mate and yes, Evince is no longer here. It's been replaced with Xreader 3.2.2 (https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader) This looks like a copy of another document viewer previously included in Mint Mate.
I personally haven't used Evince for a while.
Cheerio! Bart
niedz., 23 sty 2022 o 12:16 Bev Nicolson lumos@gmx.co.uk napisał(a):
The background is this. Suddenly document viewer wasn't in the list of options to open a pdf a while back. I've always used Evince so I found and installed it. All was well, but now it only shows the Adobe logo, not the front page of the pdf. How do I fix that, and is it connected to the fact that Mint doesn't seem to have an up to date version of it? (It used to just be a case of renaming the file but this doesn't work any more.)
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I too noticed thunderbird had started to use an internal pdf viewer when I received my energy bill today. The internal viewer doesn't have to option to "save as".
Luckily it's easy to stop it and go back to using the pdf viewer program.
Edit -> preferences -> general -> files & attachments -> portable document format (pdf) -> select "use document viewer (default)
Nev
On 03/02/2022 11:19, Bev Nicolson wrote:
Elsewhere someone suggested that and it worked. Never heard of it till then! I'd expect it to pop up automatically as an option, like Evince did, though the trend now seems to be for either Firefox or Thunderbird to open them within the program, not outside it. But that's a bit off topic.
Bev
On 02/02/2022 21:43, B D wrote:
I'm using the latest Mint Mate and yes, Evince is no longer here. It's been replaced with Xreader 3.2.2 (https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader) This looks like a copy of another document viewer previously included in Mint Mate.
I personally haven't used Evince for a while.
Cheerio! Bart
niedz., 23 sty 2022 o 12:16 Bev Nicolson lumos@gmx.co.uk napisał(a):
The background is this. Suddenly document viewer wasn't in the list of options to open a pdf a while back. I've always used Evince so I found and installed it. All was well, but now it only shows the Adobe logo, not the front page of the pdf. How do I fix that, and is it connected to the fact that Mint doesn't seem to have an up to date version of it? (It used to just be a case of renaming the file but this doesn't work any more.)
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Or note the 3 icons to the right on the window. The one in the middle lets you download the pdf.
Bev. On 03/02/2022 17:33, Nev Young wrote:
I too noticed thunderbird had started to use an internal pdf viewer when I received my energy bill today. The internal viewer doesn't have to option to "save as".
Luckily it's easy to stop it and go back to using the pdf viewer program.
Edit -> preferences -> general -> files & attachments -> portable document format (pdf) -> select "use document viewer (default)
Nev
On 03/02/2022 11:19, Bev Nicolson wrote:
Elsewhere someone suggested that and it worked. Never heard of it till then! I'd expect it to pop up automatically as an option, like Evince did, though the trend now seems to be for either Firefox or Thunderbird to open them within the program, not outside it. But that's a bit off topic.
Bev
On 02/02/2022 21:43, B D wrote:
I'm using the latest Mint Mate and yes, Evince is no longer here. It's been replaced with Xreader 3.2.2 (https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader) This looks like a copy of another document viewer previously included in Mint Mate.
I personally haven't used Evince for a while.
Cheerio! Bart
niedz., 23 sty 2022 o 12:16 Bev Nicolson lumos@gmx.co.uk napisał(a):
The background is this. Suddenly document viewer wasn't in the list of options to open a pdf a while back. I've always used Evince so I found and installed it. All was well, but now it only shows the Adobe logo, not the front page of the pdf. How do I fix that, and is it connected to the fact that Mint doesn't seem to have an up to date version of it? (It used to just be a case of renaming the file but this doesn't work any more.)
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