On 03/27/2017 07:56 PM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 27 Mar 2017 19:39:21 Peter Flynn wrote: >> On 27/03/17 00:47, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: >>> On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 16:55:45 -0400 Christopher Barry >>> >>> <christopher.r.ba...@gmail.com> said: >>>> Okay, this is annoying... >>>> >>>> claws-mail uses xdg-open to decide what app to use when opening files >>>> (rather than 'alternatives', which is the standard Debian way to do >>>> this), so clicking on a link in email always opens Chromium rather than >>>> Firefox which is my system default browser. When I try to see/change it >>>> in Enlightenment, I get the following. >>>> >>>> $ xdg-settings get default-web-browser >>>> xdg-settings: unknown desktop environment >>>> >>>> >>>> Any ideas on how to change this setting to point to Firefox? >>> >>> settings -> apps -> default applications -> browser >> >> And does that *really* change xdg settings? >> >> The *big* problem for me is that when I click on a mailto: link in >> chromium-browser, it just opens another browser window, or sometimes >> pops up a window saying it wants to run some unspecified program >> recommended by xdg, which never does anything. If anyone knows how to >> force chromium-browser to open Thunderbird, I'd be grateful. >> >> ///Peter > > Have you tried setting something in Handlers to see if it takes? > https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/114662?visit_id=0-636262376794060954-3121866498&p=ib_protocol_handler&rd=2
Unfortunately that's for requesting *web* services to respond to protocol calls (eg make mailto: open Hotmail). It's set by default, but it doesn't do anything that I can see for *programs* (eg Tbird). ///Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
