On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:39:21 +0100 Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> said:
> 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 it changes what enlightenment_open will do... and xdg-open will call enlightenment_open (if it detects it's in enlightenment which is does for me). your problem is a chromium problem... it's doing whatever it wants to and notr using the xdg mechanisms in place. > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
