[18636] in Athena Bugs
Re: netscape-fix doesn't fix PDF plugin
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t. belton)
Wed Dec 27 09:49:41 2000
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 09:49:36 -0500 (EST)
From: "t. belton" <tbelton@MIT.EDU>
To: Camilla R Fox <cfox@mit.edu>
cc: <bug-infoagents@mit.edu>, <ostock@mit.edu>
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I thought netscape-fix DID deal with this. I'll look into why it doesn't.
On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, Camilla R Fox wrote:
>
> Lots of users keep asking questions about how to make clicking on PDF
> files from netscape dtrt. My understanding is that you need have netscape
> run acroread as an application, rather than as a plugin.
>
> I've sent this to the latest OLC user I noticed ask; it could be a
> stock answer.
>
> From netscape, choose "preferences" from the "edit" menu.
>
> In the list on the left side of this, look under "Navigator" for
> "Applications" and select this.
>
> Find the entry for "Portable Document Format" in the list, highlight it,
> then choose edit.
>
> Click the check box next to "application" and make sure the text box
> contains "/mit/acro/arch/@sys/bin/acroread %s"
>
> More elegantly, if netscape-fix could be made to deal (doesn't this
> involve editing yet another file?), it's what a lot of users and
> consultants already use as a first line defense against stupid configs.
> We might still want to document the problem in a stock answer, though.
>
> -Camilla
>
