Netscape - Set up .mime types to automatically open .pdf files (Acroread) and .ps files (Ghostview).

If you need help please see Kevin Cooper, or Terry Wagoner, in Systems.
  1. Open Navigator.
  2. Press Edit.
  3. Press Preferences.
  4. Press Navigator (left side of the menu)
  5. Press Applications (left side of the menu, below Navigator)
  6. You will see an applications list on the right side of the menu that contains two columns. The left column describes the application to be opened, the right side (titled Handled By), is the path to the application in Linux.
  7. Highlight the application in which you are interested.
For .pdf files -
  1. For .pdf files, highlight the "Portable Document Format     Unkown: Prompt Usr" line.
  2. Press Edit.
  3. You will now see:
    Description: Portable Document Format
    MIMEType: Application/pdf
    Suffixes: pdf
  4. Press the little diamond to the left of "Application."
  5. Enter the following path in the box to the right of "Application":
    /usr/local/bin/acroread %s
  6. Press okay. Go back to Netscape and open a .pdf file off the web. It should automatically open the file in acroread for you.

For .ps files -

  1. For .ps files, highlight the "Poscript Document     Unknown: Prompt Usr" line.
  2. Press Edit.
  3. You will now see:
    Description: Postscript Document
    MIMEType: Application/ps
    Suffixes: ai, eps, ps
  4. Press the little diamond to the left of "Application."
  5. Enter the following path in the box to the right of "Application":
    /usr/bin/X11/gv     %s
  6. Press okay. Go back to Netscape and open a .ps file off the web. It should automatically open the file in ghostview for you.