Re: Problems with Evince for Windows

[Samuel Gómez <fuljencio gmail com>]

Hello Hib.

I'm impressed!

On point 3, specifically, I'm thinking in two improvements:
1. The installer could offer the typical pre-checked checkbox "Use
Evince as default application for PDF files" or what the exact string
should be.
2. Browsers could include Evince among the recommended applications
for opening a PDF file when the user asks for it. Firefox has the
"Choose Helper Application" dialog and IE has the generic "Open with"
dialog. I don't have a clue on how this can be implemented, so I don't
know whether the solution is the same for both browsers or is not.

Prioritizing, I think the improvement 1 is the most important, and
hopefully the easiest to implement.

Thank you!



On 1/28/10, Hib Eris <hib hiberis nl> wrote:
> Hello Samuel,
>
> Thank you for your interest in Evince for Windows and your comments.
> I have already made quite a few changes, so you can expect many
> improvements in Evince 2.30.
>
> 2010/1/28 Samuel Gómez <fuljencio gmail com>:
>> I detected 4 issues:
>> 1. The shortcut created in the desktop does not have icon; the generic
>> white window with the blue bar is shown instead.
>
> This is already fixed in git-master.
>
>> 2. No Evince folder nor Evince icon is created in the Programs folder
>> within the Start Menu.
>
> This is fixed in my personal msi build files that I will use to build
> the 'official' evince-2.30.msi.
>
>> 3. Selecting Evince as default application for PDF files is not trivial.
>
> I will have to look into this one. Thanks for mentioning it.
>
>> 4. Printing menu items are disabled though I have a printer connected
>> on another PC of the same work group.
>
> This is fixed in git-master.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Hib Eris
>


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