The patch 09_browser.dpatch applied to the xchat source changes xchat to use sensible-browser instead of gnome-open.
I'm guessing this is so its not dependant on gnome-open, which is resonable. The problem is that sensible-browser prefers the system default browser to the users preference. The attached patch changes the behaviour to try xdg-open first, then deskop preferred browsers with gnome-open or kfmclient before resorting to sensible-browser. In an ideal world we would just rely on xdg-open but until xdg-utils is installed by default thats not possible. This also allows xchat to choose a sensible default for protocols other than http. ** Attachment added: "replacement patch" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4819884/09_browser.dpatch -- Default browser not respected https://launchpad.net/bugs/65580 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
