[GTALUG] odd evince command behaviour

[Aruna Hewapathirane]

On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 12:01 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> | From: Aruna Hewapathirane via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
>
> | Why not simply rename the file to something.pdf ?
>
> This file's name was given by a formal process.  The file is one of
> hundreds that must survive decades.  One doesn't willy-nilly rename things
> without inviting chaos.
>

If you have access to this formal process is it not possible to substitute
the : which
is causing all the unexpected behaviour with another character ?


> A tool should behave in the expected way.
> In this case, I have had to modify my expectation (and respect for)
> evince.
>

But is this not the exact reason why we continue to advocate for and use
open source ? If this
was a Windows executable with closed source there is very little one can
do. But in this
case if evince ( or any other tool..)  does not behave as expected or does
not do what we
want it to ? Or does not have the functionality we require then what is
preventing us from
downloading the evince source code and making the necessary changes we want
?




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