Re: Default browser
On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:21:41 +0100, Tom Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Guido Van Hoecke wrote: Beto, I took your advice and solved the mess as you suggested. Did you get java working with opera? Yep, I am using linux-opera 8.51 and both linux-sun-jdk1.4.2 and linux-blackdown-jdk1.4.2 are working. I even managed to use them for my on-line banking here in Belgium, although my KBC bank does not support opera :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Default browser
Guido Van Hoecke wrote: Beto, I took your advice and solved the mess as you suggested. I just deinstalled both mozilla and firefox and symlinked /usr/X11R6/bin/linux-opera to /usr/X11R6/bin/mozilla and to /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox. Thanks, Guido ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Did you get java working with opera? -Tom ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Default browser
Guido Van Hoecke wrote: [...] > > It guess I should have been more specific. I am using Window Maker as window > manager. I know that KDE has the Component Chooser and Gnome has its > gnome-control-center/preferred applications, but I have not found a window > maker equivalent. Frankly, I do not know if there is such a thing. > > Both KDE and Gnome have been told that I'd like to use linux-opera. Still, > when > I click a link in bpm (bsd ports collection manager port), this event seems to > disappear in the eternal bit bucket and nothing happens. When I click a link > in > a gaim chat window, mozilla gets launched. Openoffice.org insists upon > firefox. > > Why is this so messy? ::shrug:: it is what it is. Even in Windows XP, where you have a central database (the registry) which all programs *should* consult before invoking a browser (or they should use the proper api calls which use the registry), you have so many programs that will simply launch IE instead of, say, Firefox (obviously, MS apps are usually the culprit here ;-) ) > How do I change it? - I think openoffice has some settings to change this. This is how i'd do it: take note of the the binaries being called for the unwanted browswers. Uninstall (or mv [oldbrowser] [oldbrowser].orig ) the browsers you don't want, then simply write wrappers that replace [oldbrowser] for linux-opera. Or , if the calling parameters are the same, just symlink them :) HIH, Beto ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Default browser
>What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. >opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? > >The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to >find a section about changing the default browser. It guess I should have been more specific. I am using Window Maker as window manager. I know that KDE has the Component Chooser and Gnome has its gnome-control-center/preferred applications, but I have not found a window maker equivalent. Frankly, I do not know if there is such a thing. Both KDE and Gnome have been told that I'd like to use linux-opera. Still, when I click a link in bpm (bsd ports collection manager port), this event seems to disappear in the eternal bit bucket and nothing happens. When I click a link in a gaim chat window, mozilla gets launched. Openoffice.org insists upon firefox. Why is this so messy? How do I change it? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Default browser
On 2/6/06, Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guido Van Hoecke wrote: > > > What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into > > e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and > > operational)? > > > > The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able > > to find a section about changing the default browser. > > > Depends. What program and/or what desktop environment are you referring to? > -Garrett Try typing "opera &" instead of "mozilla &". I think the closest thing FreeBSD has to a default browser is links, though I suppose you could try playing with raw http by typing telnet www.yahoo.com 80 -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Default browser
Guido Van Hoecke wrote: What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser. Depends. What program and/or what desktop environment are you referring to? -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Default browser
Guido Van Hoecke wrote: What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Well, you don't say which window manager you're using but for KDE it's K Menu->Settings->KDE Components->Component Chooser->Web Browser Hope this helps, Duane Whitty ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
