Hi Joshua Found the fault...well kind of...but anyway solved for me.
Previous versions of Abiword respected the Gnome or Xfce default browser. Current version seems to ignore $BROWSER and DE defaults. I found the solution in a bug report for Ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debianutils/+bug/69069 I had to run as root: update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser x-www-browser /usr/bin/gnome-open 150 and now Abiword opens its Help according to the system default So I guess it's a bug or configuration issue with debianutils. Cheers On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 15:18 +0100, Julian Hughes wrote: > Package: abiword > Version: 2.6.4-4 > Severity: important > > Abiword fails to recognise Epiphany or Iceweasel. Epiphany is set as my > default web browser in both Xfce & Gnome > and is the default handler for html files. However Abiword does recognise > elinks, w3m or lynx if they are instal > led. It defaults to using one of these and if no console based browsers are > available it simply fails when the > help F1 is called or when a plug in such as google search, wikipedia search, > translate etc is used. There > doesn't seem to be any way within Abiword to select a browser and it ignores > desktop environment defaults. > > > > System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages abiword depends on: > ii abiword-commo 2.6.4-4 efficient, featureful word > process > ii gsfonts 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre44-3 Fonts for the Ghostscript > interpre > ii libaiksaurus- 1.2.1+dev-0.12-6 an English-language thesaurus > (dev > ii libaiksaurusg 1.2.1+dev-0.12-6 graphical interface to the > Aiksaur > ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.20-2 Library of functions for 2D > graphi > ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit > ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii libcairo2 1.6.4-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics > libra > ii libenchant1c2 1.4.2-3 a wrapper library for various > spel > ii libexpat1 2.0.1-4 XML parsing C library - runtime > li > ii libfontconfig 2.6.0-1 generic font configuration > library > ii libfreetype6 2.3.7-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared > lib > ii libfribidi0 0.10.9-1 Free Implementation of the > Unicode > ii libgcc1 1:4.3.1-2 GCC support library > ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.2-1 library to load .glade files at > ru > ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.4-2 The GLib library of C routines > ii libgnomecanva 2.20.1.1-1 A powerful object-oriented > display > ii libgnomeprint 2.18.4-1 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture > - > ii libgnomeprint 2.18.2-1 GNOME 2.2 print architecture > User > ii libgoffice-0- 0.4.2-4 Document centric objects library > - > ii libgsf-1-114 1.14.8-1 Structured File Library - > runtime > ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.10-2 The GTK+ graphical user > interface > ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library > ii libidn11 1.8+20080606-1 GNU libidn library, > implementation > ii libjpeg62 6b-14 The Independent JPEG Group's > JPEG > ii libloudmouth1 1.4.0-1 Lightweight C Jabber library > ii libncurses5 5.6+20080713-1 shared libraries for terminal > hand > ii libots0 0.5.0-2 Open Text Summarizer (library) > ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-1 Layout and rendering of > internatio > ii libpixman-1-0 0.10.0-2 pixel-manipulation library for X > a > ii libpng12-0 1.2.27-1 PNG library - runtime > ii libpopt0 1.14-4 lib for parsing cmdline > parameters > ii libreadline5 5.2-3 GNU readline and history > libraries > ii librsvg2-2 2.22.2-2 SAX-based renderer library for > SVG > ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Session Management library > ii libstdc++6 4.3.1-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 > ii libwmf0.2-7 0.2.8.4-6 Windows metafile conversion > librar > ii libwpd8c2a 0.8.14-1 Library for handling WordPerfect > d > ii libwpg-0.1-1 0.1.2-1 WordPerfect graphics > import/conver > ii libwv-1.2-3 1.2.4-2 Library for accessing Microsoft > Wo > ii libx11-6 2:1.1.4-2 X11 client-side library > ii libxcb-render 0.2+git36-1 utility libraries for X C > Binding > ii libxcb-render 1.1-1.1 X C Binding, render extension > ii libxcb1 1.1-1.1 X C Binding > ii libxft2 2.1.12-3 FreeType-based font drawing > librar > ii libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-2 GNOME XML library > ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client > libra > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime > > Versions of packages abiword recommends: > ii abiword-help 2.6.4-4 online help for AbiWord > ii abiword-plugin-grammar 2.6.4-4 grammar checking plugin for > AbiWor > ii abiword-plugin-mathview 2.6.4-4 equation editor plugin for > AbiWord > ii aspell-en [aspell-dictionary] 6.0-0-5.1 English dictionary for GNU Aspell > ii poppler-utils 0.8.4-1.1 PDF utilitites (based on > libpopple > > Versions of packages abiword suggests: > pn abiword-plugin-goffice <none> (no description available) > > -- no debconf information > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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