Version: (using KDE KDE 3.4.0) Installed from: SuSE RPMs OS: Linux KGhostView doesn't display PDF files named *.php. The first time I noticed this bug was when I tried to open http://www.openusability.org/reports/get_file.php?group_id=55&repid=43 in Konqueror (click "open with..." and select "kghostview"). Reproducing the bug is quite simple: kghostview any.pdf # works mv any.pdf any.php kghostview any.php # does NOT work Error message in German: Fehler beim Öffnen der Datei .../any.php des Typs application/x-php. KGhostview kann nur PostScript-Dateien (.ps, .eps) und Dateien im Portable Document Format (.pdf) laden. Translated: Error opening file .../any.php of type application/x-php. KGhostView can only load PostScript files (.ps .eps) and files in Portable Document Format (PDF). The problem exists at least with *.zip, *.tar, *.pl and *.sh filename also. Opening files with *.foo, *.doc, *.tar.gz or *.cab extensions works. -> it seems extensions not "known" to KDE do not cause problems. Maybe it's a good idea to check the content of a file before blocking it as not displayable? ;-)
This is not the fault of KGhostview. It seems that PDF files are detected by their filename, not by their content. Re-assigning to kfile-plugins, if that is where this belongs...
As for downloading the PDF file from openusabilily.org: The site does not report the correct mimetype, so it is mis-detected.
This problem really belongs to kdelibs, not to the kfile-plugins. And probably this is fixed with the new mimetype implementation based on the shared-mime-info database. David?
I think pino is right.
Hi, kdelibs (version 4 and earlier) is no longer maintained since a few years. KDE Frameworks 5 or 6 might already have implemented this wish. If not, please re-open against the matching framework if feasible or against the application that shows the issue. We then can still dispatch it to the right Bugzilla product or component. Greetings Christoph Cullmann