Evince image viewer cannot view PNG

[Nio Wiklund]

Yes, that is a good idea, to do it, and do it well for 14.04.

Either have menu entries with

- only what the programs do, or both,
- but not only the name.

The name means nothing to a beginner, but might be useful for more
experienced users. But the simplest and cleanest way it to have only
what the programs do.

I wonder how much of this that is actually controlled by the programs
themselves (the setup of the programs might write into the menu).

Best regards
Nio

On 2013-09-20 19:32, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> Maybe something we can look into for the 14.04. We'd need to check with
> Julien as to what work would need doing. I think it does make sense to
> have 'what' they do listed in the Menu area as opposed to the
> application name.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Phill.
> 
> 
> On 20 September 2013 18:24, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden at gmail.com
> <mailto:lars.nooden at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Right.  It should be all one way or another.  The mpaint part, for
>     example, is not needed.  If it is to be by what the application does,
>     then there is still some tidying to do.  There are some applications
>     that are refered to only by name.  Audacious, GNOME Mplayer, Xfburn,
>     PCManFM, AbiWord, Gnumeric, LXTerminal and a few others are refered to
>     by name.
> 
>     Regards,
>     /Lars
> 
>     On 09/20/2013 08:19 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>     > Well,
>     >
>     > it is a matter of not confusing people... Would a new comer to
>     lubuntu know
>     > what gpicview was? Or, indeed, would they care? That it is called
>     Image
>     > Viewer does make it clear what it does. But, then we have the entry
>     > "mtpaint Graphic Editor"... does it need the mtpaint part, or would it
>     > better called "Graphics Editor" or even "Image Editor" so as it
>     ties in
>     > with "Image Viewer"?
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     >
>     > Phill.
>     >
>     >
>     > On 20 September 2013 17:49, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
>     <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >> +1
>     >>
>     >> I agree, it should be consistent.
>     >>
>     >> Maybe the main entry should be what is does (and within
>     parenthesis, the
>     >> name). But someone has to do it, and it is a lot of tedious work
>     to make
>     >> it complete.
>     >>
>     >> Best regards
>     >> Nio
>     >>
>     >> On 2013-09-20 18:40, Lars Noodén wrote:
>     >>> That's something that could be polished a little.  There are some
>     >>> applications that are labeled in the menu by what they do,
>     others by the
>     >>> name of the application.  It would be more consistent to go
>     completely
>     >>> one way or the other.
>     >>>
>     >>> Regards,
>     >>> /Lars
>     >>>
>     >>> On 09/20/2013 07:37 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>     >>>> Ahh,
>     >>>>
>     >>>> yes, didn't notice that it is called simply "Image Viewer" in
>     the menu.
>     >>>> That I never call it that way is my only pathetic defence :) I just
>     >> double
>     >>>> click the file via pcmanfm and it launches :D
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Regards,
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Phill.
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> On 20 September 2013 17:26, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden at gmail.com
>     <mailto:lars.nooden at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >>>>
>     >>>>> Ok.  Thanks.  I was trying to view documents in the PNG format. ;)
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> I've now found gpicview in accessories, though not by name.
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> Regards,
>     >>>>> /Lars
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> On 09/20/2013 07:20 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>     >>>>>> Hi Lars,
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> according to the wiki entry [1]  *Evince* is a document
>     >>>>>> viewer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_viewer>
>     >>>>>>  for PDF <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format>,
>     >>>>>> PostScript<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript>
>     >>>>>> , DjVu <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DjVu>,
>     >>>>>> TIFF<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format>
>     >>>>>> , XPS
>     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_XML_Paper_Specification> and
>     >>>>>> DVI<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_independent_file_format>
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> GpicView is the default image viewer in lubuntu and it opens
>     .png's
>     >> quite
>     >>>>>> happily.
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> Regards,
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> Phill.
>     >>>>>> 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evince
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> On 20 September 2013 17:08, Lars Noodén
>     <lars.nooden at gmail.com <mailto:lars.nooden at gmail.com>>
>     >> wrote:
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>>> When trying to view a PNG file, Evince chokes:
>     >>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>         Unable to open document "file:///home/lars/Pictures/
>     >>>>>>>         2013-09-20-181032_1680x1050_scrot.png"
>     >>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>         File type PNG image (image/png) is not supported
>     >>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>> Has this bug already been reported?  The image view should
>     support
>     >> PNG,
>     >>>>>>> since it is a common, open format.   It is also the format
>     used by
>     >> the
>     >>>>>>> built-in screen capture programl, scrot.
>     >>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>> Also, is this version of Evince specific to Lubuntu?
>     >>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>> Regards,
>     >>>>>>> /Lars