diff -U 3 -H -d -r -N -- krusader-1.70.0-beta1.orig/krusader/Locate/locate.cpp krusader-1.70.0-beta1/krusader/Locate/locate.cpp
--- krusader-1.70.0-beta1.orig/krusader/Locate/locate.cpp	2005-05-26 01:00:42.000000000 +0200
+++ krusader-1.70.0-beta1/krusader/Locate/locate.cpp	2005-10-03 07:15:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -386,14 +386,18 @@
 void LocateDlg::operate( QListViewItem *item, int task )
 {
   KURL name = vfs::fromPathOrURL( item->text( 0 ) );
-  
+  KrViewer::Mode mode = KrViewer::Generic;
+  krConfig->setGroup( "General" );
+  bool new_window = krConfig->readBoolEntry( "View In Separate Window", _ViewInSeparateWindow );
+
   switch ( task )
   {
   case VIEW_ID:
-    KrViewer::view( name ); // view the file
+    KrViewer::view( name, mode, new_window ); // view the file
     break;
   case EDIT_ID:
-    KrViewer::edit( name ); // view the file
+    mode = KrViewer::Text;
+    KrViewer::edit( name, mode, new_window ); // edit the file
     break;
   case FIND_ID:
     {
diff -U 3 -H -d -r -N -- krusader-1.70.0-beta1.orig/krusader/Panel/panelfunc.cpp krusader-1.70.0-beta1/krusader/Panel/panelfunc.cpp
--- krusader-1.70.0-beta1.orig/krusader/Panel/panelfunc.cpp	2005-09-30 23:44:30.000000000 +0200
+++ krusader-1.70.0-beta1/krusader/Panel/panelfunc.cpp	2005-10-03 07:39:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -324,8 +324,11 @@
 		KMessageBox::sorry( 0, i18n( "No permissions to view this file." ) );
 		return ;
 	}
+	KrViewer::Mode mode = KrViewer::Generic;
+	krConfig->setGroup( "General" );
+	bool new_window = krConfig->readBoolEntry( "View In Separate Window", _ViewInSeparateWindow );
 	// call KViewer.
-	KrViewer::view( files() ->vfs_getFile( fileName ) );
+	KrViewer::view( files() ->vfs_getFile( fileName ), mode, new_window );
 	// nothing more to it!
 }
 
@@ -364,8 +367,11 @@
 		KMessageBox::sorry( 0, i18n( "No permissions to edit this file." ) );
 		return ;
 	}
+	KrViewer::Mode mode = KrViewer::Text;
+	krConfig->setGroup( "General" );
+	bool new_window = krConfig->readBoolEntry( "View In Separate Window", _ViewInSeparateWindow );
 
-	KrViewer::edit( files() ->vfs_getFile( name ) );
+	KrViewer::edit( files() ->vfs_getFile( name ), mode, new_window );
 }
 
 void ListPanelFunc::moveFiles() {