Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2009/7/7 Red Hen <[email protected]>: >> Sirs-- >> >> I have designated Firefox my Debian Lenny system's MAIN web browser, as >> stipulated in the KDE Control Center. >> > > Which version of KDE? Did you type in "/usr/bin/firefox" or "firefox" > or select Firefox from the list? Note that Firefox is called Iceweasel > in Debian due to restrictive Mozilla licensing. > > >> HOWEVER, I CANNOT open links in openoffice.org writer documents with >> firefox. No matter how many times I have reset the KDE Control component to >> stipulate firefox as the default web browser on my system, opening links in >> open office documents ALWAYS results in a Konqueror browser opening. >> >> If I then attempt to switch to a firefox browser, the system first downloads >> a file of the page in question and then opens the FILE with firefox. This is >> unacceptable. I want to be able to browse the web with firefox 3.5 located >> in my home directory without Konqueror as an intermediary. I do not want >> Konqui to open from inside openoffice documents AT ALL. >> > > This is a Firefox setting, but Firefox cannot open ODT documents > anyway so I find this unusual. What types of files, specifically, are > we talking about here? >
Ooo doesn't follow kde settings, you have to set alternatives: update-alternatives --config x-www-browser If you want iceweasel to open Ooo files, use package "mozilla-openoffice.org" which installs a plugin. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
