Calibre opens Truecrypt user guide!

Suffolk Punch · 10-21-2014, 07:03 AM

I'm running Calibre 2.6.0 in Linux Mint 13 (Maya) LTS.

I installed truecrypt-7.1a-linux-x86 and first-off clicked on Help > User Guide (which is /usr/share/truecrypt/doc/Truecrypt User Guide.pdf). The guide then opened (rather slowly) in Calibre's E-Reader, not the system default Evince!

If I click on the guide in the file manager (Nautilus), it opens in Evince.

In Calibre > Preferences > Behaviour pdf files are NOT selected to be read using the internal Calibre viewer.

Anyone know what's happening?

kovidgoyal · 10-21-2014, 07:49 AM

You need to change your OS level file associations.

Suffolk Punch · 10-21-2014, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You need to change your OS level file associations.

Thanks.

However, have just checked my OS (Linux ) default app for .pdf files. In /usr/share/gnome/applications/defaults.list there's the line

Code:

application/pdf=evince.desktop;atril.desktop

which is consistent with what Nautilus says is the default for opening pdf files, and matches my experience when opening pdf files (including the Truecrypt user guide) from Nautilus!

So why does truecrypt choose to open its user guide with the Calibre internal e-reader?? Weird!

kovidgoyal · 10-21-2014, 12:10 PM

In linux there is no one true file association. every program, every desktop environment does its own thing. One common thing to check is what does xdg-open do.

Suffolk Punch · 10-21-2014, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

In linux there is no one true file association. every program, every desktop environment does its own thing. One common thing to check is what does xdg-open do.

Ok. So I get

Code:

$ xdg-mime query filetype "TrueCrypt User Guide.pdf"
application/pdf

and then

Code:

$ xdg-mime query default application/pdf
evince.desktop

Go figure! Thanks for your suggestions.

kovidgoyal · 10-21-2014, 10:20 PM

You'd have to ask the TrueCrypt developers where it gets its file associations from.

Suffolk Punch · 10-22-2014, 06:25 AM

Unfortunately, TC is in limbo at present - see https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm!

10-21-2014, 07:03 AM	#1
Suffolk Punch Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 187210 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS T1, Kindle 4 NT, Kobo Touch, Kobo Clara HD	Calibre opens Truecrypt user guide! I'm running Calibre 2.6.0 in Linux Mint 13 (Maya) LTS. I installed truecrypt-7.1a-linux-x86 and first-off clicked on Help > User Guide (which is /usr/share/truecrypt/doc/Truecrypt User Guide.pdf). The guide then opened (rather slowly) in Calibre's E-Reader, not the system default Evince! If I click on the guide in the file manager (Nautilus), it opens in Evince. In Calibre > Preferences > Behaviour pdf files are NOT selected to be read using the internal Calibre viewer. Anyone know what's happening? Last edited by Suffolk Punch; 10-21-2014 at 07:10 AM.

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10-21-2014, 07:49 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You need to change your OS level file associations.

10-21-2014, 12:10 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	In linux there is no one true file association. every program, every desktop environment does its own thing. One common thing to check is what does xdg-open do.

10-21-2014, 10:20 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You'd have to ask the TrueCrypt developers where it gets its file associations from.

10-22-2014, 06:25 AM	#7
Suffolk Punch Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 187210 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS T1, Kindle 4 NT, Kobo Touch, Kobo Clara HD	Unfortunately, TC is in limbo at present - see https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm!

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