Bug#823221: evince: Menu description misleading

Fri May 6 16:08:43 UTC 2016

Control: tags -1 + wontfix
Control: forwarded -1 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662130

On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 02:32:51PM +0200, José Luis González wrote:
> The description of evince in system menus only says "Document viewer",
> implying it can view any (or almost any) kind of document, which is
> false. A person that doesn't know what "Document viewer" is will not
> know what it will be for.
> 
> Since it can view PDF PostScript and XPS, please say "PDF, PS and XPS
> document viewer", or "PDF, PS and XPS viewer".

It can also open TIFF, DjVu, DVI, and comic book archives.  After a
certain point it becomes impractical to name it "PDF, PS, XPS, TIFF,
DjVu, DVI, and Comic Book Archive Viewer".  

Besides, the Evince devs deliberately named it "Document Viewer" and
haven't been open to changing it.  See
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662130 on the Gnome bugzilla.