Different desktop environments store settings like the default web browser and proxy configuration parameters in different ways, and there doesn't seem to be any standard way of querying (or changing) these settings. The xdg-utils package provides a wrapper around some related functionality, like "opening" a file or URL (which might *use* the default web browser setting), but falls short of a general configuration query mechanism.
I'm working on a small addition to xdg-utils: a new utility called xdg-settings that will allow settings like these to be queried and, in some cases, changed. I've posted a small page about it along with an in-progress version at http://www.crystalorb.net/mikem/xdg-settings.html to get some feedback on this idea. (A message a few days ago to the Portland project's mailing list didn't get any reply, so I'm asking about it here.) --Mike _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects
