Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 06:54 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On 09/16/2016 06:20 PM, Ric Moore wrote: On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it was with update-alternatives. I think I edited some config file somewhere,

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 06:54 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On 09/16/2016 06:20 PM, Ric Moore wrote: On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it was with update-alternatives. I think I edited some config file somewhere,

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 06:55:58PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On 09/16/2016 06:19 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > openbox doesn't have a GUI for setting up the association you want. > > Instead, go to the file ~/.config/mimeapps.list (creating it if > > necessary) and add the following: > > > >

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 06:19 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote: On 2016-09-16, Tony Baldwin wrote: On 09/16/2016 10:52 AM, The Wanderer wrote: (Is there a particular reason you replied to me privately, rather than to the mailing list?) I should probably mention that I'm using chromium as

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 06:20 PM, Ric Moore wrote: On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it was with update-alternatives. I think I edited some config file somewhere, but for the life of me, I can't recall where.

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 2016-09-16, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On 09/16/2016 10:52 AM, The Wanderer wrote: >> (Is there a particular reason you replied to me privately, rather than >> to the mailing list?) >> >>> I should probably mention that I'm using chromium as my browser; >>> getting firefox or

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it was with update-alternatives. I think I edited some config file somewhere, but for the life of me, I can't recall where. Crank up Settings Manager and edit your

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 04:50:49PM -0400, Anthony Baldwin wrote: > I just want icedove to be the default mua, and to work with chromium when I > click on a mailto:// link. I don't have Icedove handy, but on Thunderbird, I just go to edit -> preferences -> advanced, then click "check now" under

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

I've tried removing and re-creating the symlinks for mail, Mail and mailx in /etc/alternatives an pointing them to icedove, and still when I click on any mailto link, I get a terminal with Mutt. I don't even have mutt configured on this machine, my mail provider seems to not like mutt I've

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 10:52 AM, The Wanderer wrote: (Is there a particular reason you replied to me privately, rather than to the mailing list?) I should probably mention that I'm using chromium as my browser; getting firefox or iceweasel to use icedove is like falling off a log it's so easy. I had it

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:56:44AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > Indeed: > # update-alternatives --get-selections | grep mail > mailx auto /usr/bin/bsd-mailx > > but also: > # update-alternatives --config mailx > There is only one alternative in link group mailx

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 2016-09-16 at 10:56, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On 09/16/2016 10:29 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 2016-09-16 at 10:10, Tony Baldwin wrote: >> >>> I'm having another headache... >>> >>> I want to make Icedove the default mail client. >>> I had this done on the last Jessie system I had (on a now

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 10:29 AM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2016-09-16 at 10:10, Tony Baldwin wrote: I'm having another headache... I want to make Icedove the default mail client. I had this done on the last Jessie system I had (on a now defunct hdd). But I can't recall how I did it, if it was with

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 2016-09-16 at 10:10, Tony Baldwin wrote: > I'm having another headache... > > I want to make Icedove the default mail client. > I had this done on the last Jessie system I had (on a now defunct hdd). > But I can't recall how I did it, if it was with update-alternative or > some other means..

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:10:44AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > I can't seem to find or figure out how to list all the alternatives I > can manage with update-alternatives. > I mean, I can get a list for a particular item, like x-www-browser or > editor, but I want a list of all those possible

update-alternatives, list alternatives?

I'm having another headache... I want to make Icedove the default mail client. I had this done on the last Jessie system I had (on a now defunct hdd). But I can't recall how I did it, if it was with update-alternative or some other means.. And something that's been bothering me for a while is: