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Using Eclipse + Texlipse (LaTeX plugin) on Ubuntu 11.04 -- though it should apply to other OSs too.

In the project explorer, double clicking on a PDF file will open it with the "System Editor" or "Default Editor". In practise, if I double click a PDF it gets opened by Adobe Reader, while my default PDF reader is different (Okular in my case).

Where does Eclipse get the information about the default editor/viewer?

I'm aware there is a "Preview Document" button in Texlipse that can be customised to use any viewer, but I'm just trying to understand how Eclipse works.

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Go to Window > Preferences > Texlipse > Viewer Settings. Now, click New and create a new viewer configuration with the correct path to your preferred PDF viewer.

You can find elaborated details here: http://texlipse.sourceforge.net/manual/build.html

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Thanks, but that's not what I refer to. I know about the possibility of opening the file with that method. However, I was looking for a solution to change what the "System editor" points to, whether that be a PDF viewer or anything else. Apologies if the question wasn't clear. – gozzilli Nov 24 '11 at 8:28
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