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src/sampleconf/mimeview

@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@
 #nouncompforviewmts = 
 
 # For releases 1.18 and later: exceptions when using the x-all entry: these
-# types will use their local definition. This is useful, e.g. for pdf,
+# types will use their local definition. This is useful, e.g.: 
-# where we can pass additional parameters like page to open and search
+#
-# string when using the local definition
+#  - for pdf, where we can pass additional parameters like page to open and
+#    search string
+#  - For pages of CHM and EPUB documents where we can choose to open the 
+#    parent document instead of a temporary html file.
 xallexcepts = application/pdf application/postscript application/x-dvi \
-            text/html|gnuinfo text/html|chm
+            text/html|gnuinfo text/html|chm text/html|epub
+
 [view]
 # Pseudo entry used if the 'use desktop' preference is set in the GUI
 application/x-all = xdg-open %f

website/BUGS.html

@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
 
       
       <h2><a name="b_latest">recoll 1.18.0</a></h2> 
+
+      <li>On systems such as Debian Stable which use Evince version 2.x as
+        a PDF viewer, the default "Open" command for PDF files will
+        not work. You need to edit the command:
+        in <em>Preferences->GUI&nbsp;configuration</em>,
+        uncheck <em>Use&nbsp;desktop&nbsp;preferences...</em>, then
+        click <em>Choose&nbsp;editor&nbsp;applications</em>, and for
+        application/pdf, application/postscript and text/dvi, change
+        the --page-index option to --page-label.</li>
+
       <li>It will sometimes happen that the result list paragraph
         format stored in the Qt preferences file will get garbled,
         causing result lists with no displayed paragraphs (the