Excerpts from AG's message of 2011-06-17 18:55:24 +0200: > Hey list > > In GNOME, if the options selected under "preferred applications" for > browsers doesn't get applied, how can I set an application to be the > default? > > Case in point: I use Kmail & Icedove, and want Iceape as my default > browser for clicking links, etc. Icedove remembers this and complies, > but KMail keeps opening Konqueror. I seem to recall that there was a > way I could set up a default, but don't remember the specifics. > > Also, whilst on this topic, is there a centralised location in which all > these kinds of commands are listed? I've looked through the wiki and > cannot lay eyes on anything, but I had in mind the commands to set > sun-java as the default (I do know how to do that), set default > applications, etc. The wiki has the instruction on setting up > flashplayer-plugin but I was hoping to find maybe a list of these tips > and tricks that the seasoned veterans would know. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks - as always. > > AG
There's the xdg stuff, developed by freedesktop.org, which is in theory desktop independent. xdg-settings or xdg-mime is likely what you're after. My experience with those things was rather bad though, especially xdg-settings has a lot of DE specific stuff in it and didn't work at all on my machine that doesn't have a DE. So it's a DE-independent CLI tool that doesn't work without a DE running :) DE's have their own tools for the same stuff afaik. It's a somewhat messy situation in my opinion. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1308339170-sup-3127@eris