Re: Command Line (was Re: a dumb query? pls humor me)

On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 11:02 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
check out update-alternatives in order to change that... I think.

Only if ya want the change system wide. Easier to just set the variable
in your shell's login script.

Related dumb question, is there a gui tool for setting alternatives? As
nice as it is I so rarely deal with it every time I have to install a new
Debian (or dirivative) machine it takes me a good Google search to figure out
how to tell Thunderbird I really want to use Firefox as my browser. :(

In GNOME it is "Preferred Applications".

In XFCEv4.4 it is "Preferred Applications".
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