[ubuntu-za] Evince as Default Viewer in Thunderbird on Ubuntu 8.04?

[Vincent Williams]

On Thursday 13 November 2008 08:26:38 vincent wrote:

> Thanks for your reply - Yes I'm using Gnome & unfortunately, I can't
> find anything as simple as 'File Associations' or the Gnome equivalent.
>
> What I have done however, is create an Evince launcher on the panel & am
> using this until I can find the correct method to make Evince the
> default viewer - Long way round I know, but hey, beginner's can't be
> chooser's.

I just logged in using Gnome to check and the following seems to work:

Right-click the PDF or TIFF file and select 'Properties'. Then go to the 'Open 
with' tab and select Document Viewer. As far as I can tell, this sets it as 
the default app for the document type.

Cheers,
Vincent Williams