Bug#493997: abiword fails to use default web browser in gnome or xfce

2008-08-26 Thread Julian Hughes
Hi Joshua Found the fault...well kind of...but anyway solved for me. Previous versions of Abiword respected the Gnome or Xfce default browser. Current version seems to ignore $BROWSER and DE defaults. I found the solution in a bug report for Ubuntu

Bug#493997: abiword fails to use default web browser in gnome or xfce

2008-08-20 Thread Joshua Kwan
severity 493997 normal thanks You should set the BROWSER environment variable. AbiWord doesn't talk to GNOME so I believe it tries to use sensible-browser. Heck, the picard package is the same way. Do yourself a favor and set your BROWSER to firefox. I've set this bug to normal for now. -Josh

Bug#493997: abiword fails to use default web browser in gnome or xfce

2008-08-06 Thread Julian Hughes
Package: abiword Version: 2.6.4-4 Severity: important Abiword fails to recognise Epiphany or Iceweasel. Epiphany is set as my default web browser in both Xfce Gnome and is the default handler for html files. However Abiword does recognise elinks, w3m or lynx if they are instal led. It defaults