Re: xdg-open drives me crazy
Hello Curt, > xdg-mime default chromium.desktop text/html > xdg-mime default chromium.desktop x-scheme-handler/http > xdg-mime default chromium.desktop x-scheme-handler/https > xdg-mime default chromium.desktop x-scheme-handler/about That did the trick! Thank you very much :) cu -- Markus Grunwald https://www.the-grue.de/~markus/markus_grunwald.gpg
Re: xdg-open drives me crazy
On 2018-07-26, Markus Grunwald wrote: > Hello, > > A few programs that I use, in turn use xdg-open. With web-pages, it gets > it completely wrong, no matter what I do: What have you done? Completely wrong is a little like completely pregnant? ;-) > % xdg-settings get default-web-browser > chromium.desktop > % echo $BROWSER > chromium > > > % grep -i bin /usr/share/xfce4/helpers/chromium.desktop > /usr/share/applications/chromium.desktop > /usr/share/xfce4/helpers/chromium.desktop:X-XFCE-Binaries=chromium;chromium-browser; > /usr/share/applications/chromium.desktop:Exec=/usr/bin/chromium %U > > > But what does that damn thing open? Firefox... > > What can I do ...? > What about xdg-mime default chromium.desktop text/html xdg-mime default chromium.desktop x-scheme-handler/http xdg-mime default chromium.desktop x-scheme-handler/https xdg-mime default chromium.desktop x-scheme-handler/about or editing ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list directly? Just a quick stab in the darkness because it's quite hot here. -- Boris sober and Boris drunk are such different people, they’ve never even met. -- Sergei Dovlatov, Pushkin Hills
Re: xdg-open drives me crazy
On 2018-07-27 03:21, Markus Grunwald wrote: A few programs that I use, in turn use xdg-open. With web-pages, it gets it completely wrong, no matter what I do: What can I do ...? file $(which xdg-open) /usr/bin/xdg-open: POSIX shell script, ASCII text executable OK it's a shell script. Try the -x option to see what it's actually doing: sh -x /usr/bin/xdg-open /path/to/file.html There might be a hint there. -- John
Re: xdg-open drives me crazy
Hello, > It looks in your output like you are using Xfce - what is set in > "Preferred Applications" under Web Browser? Xfce is only installed on the computer. I'm using i3. -- Markus Grunwald https://www.the-grue.de/~markus/markus_grunwald.gpg
Re: xdg-open drives me crazy
On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 20:21:07 +0200, Markus Grunwald wrote: >Hello, > >A few programs that I use, in turn use xdg-open. With web-pages, it >gets it completely wrong, no matter what I do: > >% xdg-settings get default-web-browser >chromium.desktop >% echo $BROWSER >chromium > > > % grep -i bin /usr/share/xfce4/helpers/chromium.desktop >/usr/share/applications/chromium.desktop >/usr/share/xfce4/helpers/chromium.desktop:X-XFCE-Binaries=chromium;chromium-browser; >/usr/share/applications/chromium.desktop:Exec=/usr/bin/chromium %U > > >But what does that damn thing open? Firefox... > >What can I do ...? > It looks in your output like you are using Xfce - what is set in "Preferred Applications" under Web Browser? also test exo-open --launch WebBrowser which is a Xfce specific way. See https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/exo/preferred-applications for more info. -- Andreas Rönnquist mailingli...@gusnan.se andr...@ronnquist.net
Re: xdg-open drives me crazy
Hello, > Look at update-alternatives Thanks for the hint, but the alternatives are configured correctly: # ll /usr/bin/x-www-browser lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jul 22 2009 /usr/bin/x-www-browser -> /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser # ll /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Mär 28 21:21 /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser -> /usr/bin/chromium # ll /usr/bin/chromium -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3754 Jun 19 14:13 /usr/bin/chromium -- Markus Grunwald https://www.the-grue.de/~markus/markus_grunwald.gpg
Re: xdg-open drives me crazy
Markus Grunwald wrote: > But what does that damn thing open? Firefox... > > What can I do ...? Look at update-alternatives update-alternatives --install /etc/alternatives/firefox x-www-browser /opt/custom/firefox/firefox 300 update-alternatives --set x-www-browser /opt/custom/firefox/firefox regards
