-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Keller wrote:
> I also think this would make an excellent addition for a future release, but > I don't htink it's necessary to use the selector to install. Simply having > it as as way to choose from among installed clients would be more than > enough. There's already info in the RPMs that set up menu items; I'd assume > that using this would provide enough info to create a "default apps" > function. > > The thing is, this is already done in Gnome with a preference panel (is it > in KDE? I more frequently use Gnome for my client). I don't know that > duplicating this in Mandrake would be the best solution. > Do either KDE or Gnome allow you to change from their browser. I cannot see a way to get KDE to default to use Mozilla, and the BROWSER variable is: [bgmilne@bgmilne i586]$ echo $BROWSER kfmclient openProfile webbrowsing Maybe Gnome allows this (should try Gnome again), so I would not have to type my proxy password (we have single-sign-on essentially) into a normal (non-password) text field! This is actually quite applicable to the tpb package that has just been added. It associates programs to special buttons on thinkpads, I am sure there are similar ones for other keyboards with special keys. But now, which program should be the default for the mail button? For the web browsing button? If Mandrake had a user-tool (like localdrake is a user tool) to set variables like BROWSER, MAILER etc, then maybe we could actually set these config options by default, and the user would have a better default experience. Just a pity this suggestion came so late ... - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+U2p9rJK6UGDSBKcRAiw+AJkB6oEdjxv4JYdCoiyD4bJOqU1ZeQCfdF9L c9UkwBgDjAbayq/xFU0A9zg= =5l/a -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
