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Prevent Opera from using GIMP to open PDF files

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 8:37:53 PM

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You configured your file manager to open PDF files with another application than GIMP but Opera still uses it.

It is not an Opera bug !

In $HOME/.local/share/applications, some config file tackles file associations. Read it and remove anything associating GIMP with PDF files (except if already in the Removed Associations section).

Then go to /usr/share/applications (you'll need to be root).

You can edit gimp.desktop to remove (at end of file) application/pdf but I don't think this will solve your problem immediately.

Then edit mimeinfo.cache to remove GIMP from the line starting with application/pdf=

Then check that in defaults.list, the line starting with application/pdf= is pointing to the proper desktop file (in my case fedora-epdfview.desktop).

Finally restart opera!

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Configure magnet links with Opera

Monday, March 12, 2012 8:27:02 PM

On some torrent sites, you are only proposed a magnet link.

preferences -> advanced -> programs -> add
Protocol = magnet
Choose your action

Tick Open with other application : /bin/transmission-gtk %s
Parameter : leave empty
uncheck Open in terminal

Since I updated to Fedora Core 17 (codename Beefy Miracle), it works fine with Transmission, as said in the comments (thank you all folks) :

Under Fedora Core 16, I had to install Deluge (which is also a good client, based on transmission I assume) and choose /usr/bin/deluge as action.

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Opera startup dialog when not stopped properly

Saturday, March 10, 2012 3:31:00 PM

I never close Opera properly but can't stand the startup dialog.

opera:config#Show%20Problem%20Dialog

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Opera bug with first letter and Javascript

Sunday, December 18, 2011 10:34:06 PM

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Try the following code ; when the first-letter css pseudo-class is used, updating the text node does not update the first letter. 
<html>
  <head>
  <style>
  p:first-letter{
    color:red;
    font-size:50px;
  }
  </style>
  </head>
  <body>
  <p id="p">L'image bleue.</p>
  <button onclick="document.getElementById('p').firstChild.nodeValue='The blue image.';return false;">Write "The blue image." using nodes</button>
  <button onclick="document.getElementById('p').innerHTML='The blue image.';return false;">Write "The blue image." using innerHtml</button>
  </body>
</html>

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Printing with Opera under Linux

Monday, December 12, 2011 2:42:15 PM

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I use a Xerox network printing but when I print something, it is always printed twice even though only one copy is asked !

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What would really be better in Opera

Sunday, March 27, 2011 9:05:47 PM

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Here is a list of things that I don't find appropriate for Opera :

Right-click on a not found image
Cannot right-click to get properties or to try to reload the image.

Trouble with the address bar
I have troubles as I'm trying to reach localhost:8080 while I'm developing. Sometimes, I'm redirected to google, sometimes, I get the Opera error : "This address type is unknown or unsupported" (this is a translation). That's really annoying and that kind of strange behavior (with the address bar) decided me, a few years ago, to change from Firefox to Opera. I think I'll do the reverse process in a short while ...

Trouble with the address bar 2
I configured my local server in a way it serves a page if the address is 'http://localhost:8080/page' and lists the content of a folder if the address is the same plus a trailing slash (http://localhost:8080/page/'). Opera always takes me to the folder ; I can't reach the page ; that's really too much !

Unsuccessful reload of local pages
Recently, I also encountered a weird trouble : couldn't force the reloading of a local file (localhost:8080/test.css).
Opera kept an old version of the file whereas it worked fine under FF.

Printing under Linux
As mentioned in another post, when I print something using a Xerox networ printer (if this could help) , it's printed twice.

Ctrl+back
Please give me back the old-fashioned ctrl+back shortcut in the address bar (deleting both text and preceding-slash and not stopping before slashes, dashes or dots).

Menu tree for XML browsing
Please add a menu tree to display/hide nodes of XML documents like Firefox or Chrome (when document had no style information.).

Opera blog : update dates
I wish creation AND last update date could be displayed in posts and I also wish I could choose to put or not the last modified post on top of my blog (for major updates) or keep it at its original place. For example, when I add an item in the present post, I think the latter should be placed on top of my blog.

Search within a page
I don't like the dark background (it reminds me the javascript alert) and I don't want a bigger highlight zone than the selected text either because it sometimes masks the surrounding text.

Scrolling inside a textarea
While reaching the edge, the scrolling stops instead of scrolling the parent element.

Opera blog : cannot line break !
If I write "<a>" (with real chevrons, not with html entities) in a post ; I cannot break the line in the rest of the post ...

SOLVED
Ctrl+back
Still stopping before dashes, spaces and dots but not anymore before slashes. What a relief!

Javascript history
Please authorize the history.back() method at least, as a <a> link.

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Memory leak on Opera while using string

Monday, February 21, 2011 7:06:06 PM

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This little javascript error causes an Opera memory leak without error.
      var res='';
      for (sItem in r.results) { 
        res+=res+sItem.term;
      }

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Form and button with Opera

Saturday, May 8, 2010 8:19:27 AM

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In a previous version of Opera, the following HTML code will throw the button assigned action when pressing Enter instead of sending the form.
Now, the button's action is first done then, the form is sent.
The behavior does not seem appropriate either : the button has nothing to do with actions performed neither on the input field nor on the form.

<form action="http://wwww.opera.com" method="post">
	<input type="text" name="name" />
	<button onclick="alert('clicked')">Click me !</button>
	<input type="submit" />
</form>

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Flash paramaters (Opera 10.52)

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 5:47:34 PM

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Sometimes, I can't quit the Flash parameters (opened by rightclicking on a Flash object) for example on a dailymotion video.
Flash plugin from "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32.dll" (10.1.102.64).

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How to disable Javascript for a specific website ? - shortcut issue

Monday, June 8, 2009 5:17:38 PM

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I'm trying to disable Javascript for a particular website.
So I used the menu "Tools", "Quick Preferences", "Edit site preferences" and I disabled javascript for the website.
But javascript is automatically re-enabling itself when opening a new tab.
Maybe it's because I'm using a shortcut checkbox for controlling Javascript in my address bar.
I thought this checkbox would first check if javascript is activated to appeared checked or unchecked.
Actually, it seems to be always checked.

I removed this shortcut and the problem disappeared.

I think I will have to get rid of this wonderful shortcut ...



TO CREATE THIS SHORTCUT :
right-click on the tab bar (or address bar) -> Customize -> Appearance -> Buttons -> Preferences (Category)
then, drag and drop the check box "Enable JavaScript" in the address bar where you want it to appear (just before the address field for example).

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Unavailable shortcut ... TCP/IP V6 ... about:config ... A word about Firefox ...

Monday, November 10, 2008 12:30:05 AM

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I installed Windows XP SP3 but I couldn't find any way to disable TCP/IPV6 on Opera whereas it was quite easy on Firefox (about:config).
network.dns.disableIPv6 -> disable


FIXED
By the way, I was just writing this post when I wanted to check my config (Help -> About Opera). But this as just redirected my opened tab (New blog post on Opera) and thus erased what I've already written ... Why not creating a new tab when checking "About Opera" through the Help menu ?
FIXED

A word about Firefox : the main argument about using it used to be no spywares, no malwares. But it appears that more and more have advertising pop-ups exactly the same as our beloved IE ... I know that Opera is protected because less used what is an additional argument to promote Opera around us !

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Connexion impossible sur la Livebox avec Opera.

Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:07:24 PM

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À tous ceux qui possèdent une Livebox.
Vous ne pourrez pas vous "logger" à l'adresse http://192.168.1.1 avec l'identifiant et le mot de passe par défaut de la Livebox à savoir "admin" et "admin", en utilisant le navigateur Opera pour une raison encore indéterminée.

Firefox et Internet Explorer fonctionnent.

Merci TR3NT : je suis tellement un geek que je ne pense plus à utiliser ma souris !!

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About Navigation through next and previous pages.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 3:00:21 PM

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Why does Opera limit the number of previously viewed pages. When I browse a folder with photos, I use a mouse gesture to see the next photo but after having watched an important number of photos, I cannot go back to the root folder using the mouse gesture (or the previous button) ; the number of remembered visited pages is limited by Opera ...

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Bug with GET method in Ajax requests on Opera.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:24:53 AM

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Some of you may be searching for ajax examples. Don't be afraid asking questions !

I experienced a little problem with a request made through Ajax : all is a matter of cache control!

Using the GET method will not refresh the result whereas using POST method will. It depends on how your browser cache is configured. You can also add the header 'Cache-Control', 'no-cache' as shown in a comment hereafter.

Special thanks to dAEk and gdb for their enlightments.

Yves.

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