#7295 LOW Never A: Read activity can't view DVI files

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#7295: Read activity can't view DVI files
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 Reporter:  skierpage      |       Owner:  rwh           
     Type:  defect         |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  low            |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  read-activity  |     Version:  Update.1      
 Keywords:                 |    Verified:  0             
 Blocking:                 |   Blockedby:                
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 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Evince says it can view DVI files from TeX
 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_independent_file_format).  DVI
 support doesn't seem to require additional libraries, yet it doesn't work
 with Read version 45 on build 708.

 I noticed Read.activity/activity/activity.info doesn't claim to support
 the DVI mime type (application/x-dvi ?).  I think I fixed this on my XO-1
 but a sample DVI from http://tug.ctan.org/tex-
 archive/macros/latex/contrib/aastex/samples/ still appears blank in Read.

 If it's just a config change to make it work, why not?  But this is a low-
 priority bug since no one is proposing OLPC Content in the .dvi format.
 The best fix might be to remove suggestions that Read can view DVI files
 from the web site and resolve this WONTFIX.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7295>
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