[markhale]

Hi,

Can someone tell me what Calibre has done to the default
file associations in a Gnome universe under Linux? It is
very impractical for me to have all my pdf's imported into
Calibre (many are fleeting files, which need to exist only
briefly, particularly for temporary communications with
colleagues) when I double click on them. I've changed
the association in Nautilus, and I've changed Firefox so
that it merely downloads and saves pdfs, but if I click
on the file in the "Downloads" window, I still get Calibre
importing, and it isn't obvious to me how to stop this.

Since some aspect of the Calibre installation did this, I
assume someone knows what exactly was done, and how
it can be undone. In general, I find this behavior unpleasantly
aggressive (I like to approve system-wide modifications, if
a program wants to invoke them, rather than having them
done without any input from me). I'll have to get rid of
Calibre and manage my readers by hand if it's going to
do this everytime I upgrade, as much as it eases the
occasional need to convert.

I realize there may be users who are happy to have all
of this done for them behind the scenes. I'm not complaining
about the software, which has been generously provided
by its author. I just want to turn this particular "capability"
off.

Thanks,

Mark