From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: pinard@iro.umontreal.ca (=?utf-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois?= Pinard) Subject: Re: setting default pdf viewer Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:33:38 -0400 Message-ID: <87aa3i1tkt.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> References: <13237.1331648207@alphaville> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55558) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S80Vb-0004f3-BD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:33:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S80VZ-0005Gf-Ci for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:33:42 -0400 Received: from 206-248-137-202.dsl.teksavvy.com ([206.248.137.202]:50568 helo=mercure.epsilon-ti.ca) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S80VZ-0005Ga-7c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:33:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: <13237.1331648207@alphaville> (Nick Dokos's message of "Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:16:47 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Nick Dokos writes: > Part of my frustration with these things (gnome things in particular) is > the sparse-to-non-existent documentation, But Nick, the GUI is everything now. Who needs documentation! ? :-( Anecdote. A big, complex translation system was demonstrated to a few governmental possible buyers, who were taking it a bit from above. At the end of the demo, the technician decided to leave printed copies of the documentation. One of the receiving guy said: "What? You mean that your users actually have to *learn* how to use your system?" Sorry! But am i? I did not even want to resist :-). > that's a fight that's been fought and lost many times - many more times > than it's been won. On the Linux system, I seem just unable to find everything that needs to be changed to prevent Nautilus from ever getting started. In particular, "xdg-open DIRECTORY" required that I patch the program rather setting parameters. It is very possible that I might have done it all wrong, but for me at least, it *is* frustrating. > Enough venting: I've veered off-topic quite a bit here. [...] But I > hope that the discussion, however tangential, is useful. Well, you allowed me to release some steam. Thanks! :-) Fran=C3=A7ois