Thumbnail AI files - Hardy

Rashkae ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Thu May 8 18:13:00 UTC 2008


Rashkae wrote:
> Chris Mohler wrote:
>> I have a favor to ask - would someone who is still running Gusty
>> please download this file and confirm that a thumbnail icon is
>> generated in nautilus?
>>
>> http://download.yousendit.com/ACF40ED435652330
>>
>> It's a ~2MB Adobe Illustrator file that should be viewable in evince
>> (Document Viewer) and Adobe Reader for linux.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Chris
>>
> 
> Err, why is your pdf file named with an AI extension?  If your saving
> your work as pdf, it should be saved with .pdf
> 
> the reason it used to work in Gutsy was the mime detection correctly
> identified the file as a pdf from the header, but it seems as though in
> Hardy, .ai is explicitly identified as Illustrator file.
> 
> If you really want Hardy to behave like Gutsy, you can install assogiate
> (Gnome mime-type editor), use it to locate the entry for illustrator
> files and remove it.  Once the ai file association is gone, Gnome should
> fall back to mime magic detection and identify the file as a PDF.  But
> keep in mind, the real problem is, your file name extensions are wrong.
> 
> 

Err, on further examination, I'd rather forget I just typed all that..
It seems my knowledge of Illustrator is a bit dated.... Last version I
used was 8, which used a file format that did not start with a PDF
header. :)





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