Unhelpful error message when DVI support is missing
Bug #203804 reported by
Adam Buchbinder
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #42410: evince reports "incorrect format" for DVI files when no TeX distribution is installed. evince should Suggests tetex-bin.
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: evince
I am running evince 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 on Gutsy.
When trying to open a DVI file without tetex-bin installed, evince displays the message "Unable to open document: DVI document has incorrect format". This is an incorrect error message, as there's nothing wrong with the DVI; the problem is that the user's system doesn't have DVI support. Given only this message, the user has no way of knowing that they need to install another package in order to view DVI files; the logical conclusion for them to draw is that the DVI file they have is corrupted.
Changed in evince: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
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thanks for the report, this doesn't happens with the evince version availble on intrepid, there's no need to have the tetex-bin package installed to see the file. thanks.