[kdepim-users] Kontact does not remember pdf assignment

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 14 October 2014 05:34:59 Kevin Krammer did opine
And Gene did reply:
> On Wednesday, 2014-10-08, 23:32:12, Wolf Drechsel wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> > 
> > whenever I receive a pdf attachment, Kontact asks for the helper
> > application. I ever select "Dokument-Betrachter" (evince) and
> > "remember" in the following dialogue - but Kontact doesnt remember
> > that.
> > 
> > 
> > In kde-settings, "Dokument-Betrachter" is selected as well - but that
> > doesnt matter either.
> 
> Does it work when used from another program, e.g. clicking a PDF in
> Dolphin?
> 
> Do you get the desired program listed first in the output of
> 
> ktraderclient --mimetype application/pdf
> 
> Cheers,
> Kevin

This was a new command to me, so of course I had to try it.  And I get the 
impression that my kde install is broken several ways.  The output is 
quite voluminous with a pipe to less in order to read it all needed.

First, before it even opens the pipe to less, I get this:
gene at coyote:~$ ktraderclient --mimetype application/pdf|less
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "Caption" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "UntranslatedGenericName" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "UntranslatedGenericName" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "UntranslatedGenericName" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-GNOME-Bugzilla-OtherBinaries" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "UntranslatedGenericName" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-GNOME-FullName" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "UntranslatedGenericName" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-GNOME-DocPath" '
ktraderclient(15037)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::property: Request 
for unknown property ' "X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain" '

But after running it once with sudo that is gone, and less then shows me 
this, clipped to choice 0:

mimetype is : application/pdf
got 6 offers.
---- Offer 0 ----
Invalid property Caption
Invalid property UntranslatedGenericName
X-KDE-StartupNotify : 'FALSE'
Type : 'Application'
Name : 'Adobe Reader 9'
Invalid property Comment
GenericName : 'PDF Viewer'
Icon : 'AdobeReader9'
Exec : 'acroread'
Terminal : 'FALSE'
Invalid property TerminalOptions
Invalid property Path
ServiceTypes : 'application/pdf - application/vnd.fdf - 
application/vnd.adobe.pdx - application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml - 
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf - Application'
AllowAsDefault : 'TRUE'
InitialPreference : '9'
Invalid property Library
DesktopEntryPath : '/usr/share/applications/acroread.desktop'
DesktopEntryName : 'acroread'
Keywords : ''
Categories : 'Application - Office - Viewer - X-Red-Hat-Base'

All 6 of the "offers" have the same general blathering about "Invalid 
Property"

I installed enough kde to get kmail on the server version of ubuntu 
10.04.4 LTS, and am stuck with that for compatibility reasons with the 
other 2 main machines on my local net, so the only major thing is I'm 
running a home made version of 3.16.0 for the kernel.

Other than this kernel being built with PAE and not RTAI, the only thing I 
lost from the installed and pinned kernel, is the ability to run LinuxCNC 
in the realtime mode, only simulations now run here.  The advantage of 
this kernel is that I am not a gigabyte into swap in 36 hrs uptime since 
it does see all 8Gb of ram.

That, and in kmail 1.13.5, the "sticky' checkboxes don't mean a thing, it 
still picks all of those sending mail options at random and I am forced to 
check that all of that stuff is correct before hitting send.

Is there anything I can do to fix these 2 problems?

Thanks.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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