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Mozilla has application configuration menu which can be used to associate applications with various file types such as pdf files.


Start Mozilla

Select Edit from menu bar

Click on preferences

Select the helper applications

Click on "new type" button

Select and enter application/pdf in MIME type field

In the description field enter "PDF file"

Under the file extension field, enter pdf

Click on "open it with" radio button

Next to the "open it with" radio button, there is a text entry field. In this field enter kpdf %s

Note you can also enter xpdf %s

Click on OK button to save changes

Now restart the Mozilla

Go to any website and click on a PDF file. Mozilla will automatically start kpdf or xpdf to display the PDF file.

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