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rafaelramos

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2016-07-19

Posts: 146

Evince - to open maximized issue

Hello guys,

I like to use Evince as a PDF reader.

In Q4OS version 3.12 r3, using Evince 3.30.2, I am encountering a problem to saving the default display view configuration for PDF files.

I open a file, maximize Evince, zoom in 100% and then click on the option "Save current settings as default", but it's not working...

Whenever I close Evince and open another PDF, it starts minimized at 74.9% zoom...

bin

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2016-01-28

Posts: 1,334

Re: Evince - to open maximized issue

This bug is old - or rather it keeps re-emerging.

I found by that installing gvfs-backends allows evince to do what you want.

Check to see if there is a folder ~/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/ it probably won't be there.

sudo apt install gvfs-backends

Run evince and do the settings thing - I found it worked on my test system.

rafaelramos

Member

From: Brazil

Registered: 2016-07-19

Posts: 146

Re: Evince - to open maximized issue

Oh, man!

Going back to active in Q4OS I come across this annoying bug from Evince, and, without being able to solve it, I came here on the Forum and saw that I had posted this issue myself in January 2021 and you had already answered and I hadn't even seen it...

Your solution works fine! Although not a definitive issue solution as it doesn't actually open all PDFs maximized at first, but after I open a certain PDF and maximize it, if I close it and open it again it opens maxmized. It already helps me a lot.

So, 1 year and 3 months later: thanks!

Last edited by rafaelramos (2022-04-02 02:46)

bin

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2016-01-28

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Re: Evince - to open maximized issue