From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 15:56:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FDDF37B401 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:56:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mhultra.aero.org (mhultra.aero.org [130.221.88.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D9F743F75 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:56:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@rushe.aero.org) Received: from [130.221.24.10] by mhultra.aero.org with ESMTP for ports@freebsd.org; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:54:46 -0700 Received: from rushe.aero.org (rushe.aero.org [130.221.201.83]) by rushe.aero.org (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h38MshS14627 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:54:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200304082254.h38MshS14627@rushe.aero.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 15:54:43 -0700 From: "Mike O'Brien" Subject: 'gv' pretty well useless under KDE X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 22:56:04 -0000 'gv', or perhaps its underlying GhostScript engine, seems to have a problem that surfaces when using it under KDE. It bombs out if the file path it's handed to interpret has directories with '.' or '-' characters (at least) in them. The normal way 'gv' is invoked is by the konqueror Web browser, either by left-clicking on a file link or by right-clicking on such a link and selecting 'gv' from the "Open With..." menu. Invoked one way, the temporary file is placed under the user's '.kde' directory; invoked another way, it's placed in a subdirectory of /tmp that has a '-' in the name. Either way, 'gv' promptly bombs out. I've thought about this and decided this is probably 'gv's fault. GhostScript has no business caring what characters are in a filename. Mike O'Brien