On Monday 27 Mar 2017 19:39:21 Peter Flynn wrote:
> On 27/03/17 00:47, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 16:55:45 -0400 Christopher Barry
> >
> > <christopher.r.ba...@gmail.com> said:
> >> Okay, this is annoying...
> >>
> >> claws-mail uses xdg-open to decide what app to use when opening files
> >> (rather than 'alternatives', which is the standard Debian way to do
> >> this), so clicking on a link in email always opens Chromium rather than
> >> Firefox which is my system default browser. When I try to see/change it
> >> in Enlightenment, I get the following.
> >>
> >> $ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
> >> xdg-settings: unknown desktop environment
> >>
> >>
> >> Any ideas on how to change this setting to point to Firefox?
> >
> > settings -> apps -> default applications -> browser
>
> And does that *really* change xdg settings?
>
> The *big* problem for me is that when I click on a mailto: link in
> chromium-browser, it just opens another browser window, or sometimes
> pops up a window saying it wants to run some unspecified program
> recommended by xdg, which never does anything. If anyone knows how to
> force chromium-browser to open Thunderbird, I'd be grateful.
>
> ///Peter
Have you tried setting something in Handlers to see if it takes?
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/114662?visit_id=0-636262376794060954-3121866498&p=ib_protocol_handler&rd=2
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Regards,
Mick
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