====== Known problems and solutions related to analog desing within Cadence ====== 


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====== xdg-open for ADE XL documents ======


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ADE XL allows to **include documentation** in your designs,

//Virtuoso Analog Design Environment XL User Guide// => Ch. 18, //Working with Documents//


ADE XL uses ''/usr/bin/xdg-open'' (a desktop independent tool for starting default applications associated to file types)  
to open included documents (HTML files, CSV, PDF and plain text documents).


However, on Scientific Linux 6.x ''xdg-open'' is not properly configured and by default it opens everything
with ''firefox'' Web browser.

<code>
$ xdg-settings --list

Known properties:
  default-web-browser           Default web browser
</code>


<code>
mkdir ~/.local && cd ~/.local
mkdir share && cd share
mkdir applications && cd applications
</code>


<code>
touch ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
</code>




As a matter of fact you need to define proper program executables with ''xdg-mime'' and configure ''xdg-open''
to open files with the right default program:


<code>
xdg-mime default evince.desktop application/pdf
</code>