Opening remote files (gnome apps) [was: a way to check your ISP]

["G Rundlett" <user=179@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Nov 30, 2007 7:12 PM, Scott Ehrlich <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> I have found obtaining the pdf and using Evince (scale to 150% or larger) 
> does magic for enlargement with excellent scaling capability (I just tried 
> it on the capture, and it really worked well). 
> 
> Scott 


So, I've got to be doing something wrong.... how do gnome applications 
(e.g. evince) handle URLs -- meaning opening a remote resource 
directly?  I know GIMP can open an image file over HTTP, but it seems 
like most of the gnome applications I use don't.  Meanwhile, I 
typically use a lot of KDE applications (e.g. kview) which just 
understand how to speak http to open a file.  This is not a troll or 
flamebait, just wondering since I don't use gnome by default if I'm 
missing something. 

I'm running Debian Etch with evince 0.4.0 

Thanks 

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