--- a/FileApplicationNoteBook.st	Sat Jun 14 01:36:49 2014 +0200
+++ b/FileApplicationNoteBook.st	Sat Jun 14 10:59:29 2014 +0200
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@
     self openAlwaysInTextEditor value ifFalse:[
         applList := self applicationList.
         applItem := applList 
-                        detect:[: aApplItem|
-                            itemClass := self class classFor:aApplItem.
+                        detect:[:eachApplItem|
+                            itemClass := self class classFor:eachApplItem.
                             (itemClass canOpenItem:anItem).
                         ] ifNone:[nil].
 
@@ -541,6 +541,13 @@
                 appl notNil ifTrue:[ ^ appl].
             ].
         ].
+        "/ fallback: open a system utility
+        OperatingSystem 
+            openApplicationForDocument:anItem fileName 
+            operation:#open
+            mimeType:nil 
+            ifNone:[self openDefaultApplicationByItem:anItem].
+        ^ self.
     ].
 
     ^ self openDefaultApplicationByItem:anItem.
@@ -6856,8 +6863,8 @@
 
     ^
     #(
-        #(#'application/postscript'     #gv            )
-        #(#'application/pdf'            #acroread      )
+        #(#'application/postscript'     'gv %1'           )
+        #(#'application/pdf'            'acroread %1'     )
     )
 !
 
@@ -6981,7 +6988,7 @@
     (self mimeTypeUnixApplicationMapping contains:[ : el | (el at:1) == keySym ]) ifFalse:[^ false].
 
     (OperatingSystem executeCommand:('which ', self unixVNCCommand)) ifFalse:[
-        Dialog warn:'Cannot start a viewer for ' , anItem fileName baseName.
+        "/ Dialog warn:'Cannot start a viewer for ' , anItem fileName baseName.
         ^ false.
     ].
 
@@ -7334,10 +7341,10 @@
 !FileApplicationNoteBook class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libtool/FileApplicationNoteBook.st,v 1.294 2014-06-05 18:25:52 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libtool/FileApplicationNoteBook.st,v 1.295 2014-06-14 08:59:29 cg Exp $'
 !
 
 version_CVS
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libtool/FileApplicationNoteBook.st,v 1.294 2014-06-05 18:25:52 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libtool/FileApplicationNoteBook.st,v 1.295 2014-06-14 08:59:29 cg Exp $'
 ! !