On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 23:20:28 +0100 Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> said:
> On Monday 27 Mar 2017 20:47:29 Peter Flynn wrote: > > 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=0-636262376794060 > > > 954-3121866498&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 > > Yes, I noticed the same just now. I cannot add anything to it ... > > I suspect Chromium/Chrome use xdg-open, so: > > 'xdg-mime query default message/rfc822' > > should show your default application for e.g. viewing messages. e does set x-scheme-handler/http (and https)... to whatever you set the default browser to. same for the other fields. see ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list enlightenment_open will use what is in here to choose what to open and dg-open will call enlightenment_open ... whatever chromium chooses to do is it's own problem... e does do the right thing. > -- > Regards, > Mick > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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
