Re: Default application. How to?
From: Kevin Mark (kmark+debian-user_at_pipeline.com)
Date: 10/31/04
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 03:46:46 -0500 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 09:40:36PM -0400, [KS] wrote:
> Kevin Mark wrote:
> >On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 07:25:31PM -0400, [KS] wrote:
> >
>
> Hi Kev,
> Thanks for the pointers. Here is what I think/did:
>
> 1) -> I tried KDE control panel KDE Components > Component Chooser >
> Web Browser. It does configure the default web browser, but it also
> says " all _KDE_ applications in which you select hyperlinks should
> honor this setting". Thus, this doesn't look like a desktop-type
> solution. I didn't check with Gnome but its possible it would have
> similar functionality.
>
> 2) -> my /etc/alternatives has mozilla, www-browser and
> x-www-browser links which seem to be candidates for attack. mozilla
> links to latest mozilla version I have, so its just a version
> alternative. www-browser links to /usr/bin/w3m --> which is a text
> based web browser so didn't touch it, and x-www-browser gives
> possibilites of using mozilla, knoqueror, epiphany, or
> mozilla-firefox.
>
> I configured x-www-browser to use mozilla, but Thunderbird still
> starts Epiphany for http:// links. And Nvu fires up Mozilla (or uses
> Firefox if running). So from this I gather that having the
> alternatives set to a program is not the only variable. The
> originating applications also play some kind of role in this.
>
> /KS
Hi KS,
IIRC the netscape family of app have all sorts of config files that they
use, so they dont rely on other defaults. they use a collection of .js
(javascript files), so you need to look for those and edit them.
-Kev
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