On 03/27/2017 11:20 PM, Mick wrote: > 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.
Yes, it shows thunderbird.desktop -- but chromium-browser ignores this. ///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
