Willie McKemie wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 01:10:01PM -0400, Eric Cooper wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 10:03:46AM -0500, Willie McKemie wrote: >> > A while back, I stumbled on the gnome-terminal feature that allow one >> > to pass a URL to a browser very easily; I've become quite a fan of that >> > feature. However, I have found it nowhere documented. And, I have a >> > new install that calls up Konqueror rather than Firefox. I've checked >> > gnome-terminal help, man gnome-terminal, and searched rc files. No >> > luck. Where is it? >> >> On my system, using Gnome, I use the >> Applications > Desktop Preferences > Advanced > Preferred Applications >> menu and choose Web Browser.
> Anyway, my remotely running mutt now can supply URLs to my local > Firefox. For someone used to highlighting and pasting, it is a real > thrill. > > No answer on the KDE/Konqueror question. Maybe Gnome is ahead of KDE > in this area? > Not at all. I just don't know the actual mechanism KDE uses. In KDE, if I select a URL almost anywhere, I'll get a pop-up asking whether to open it in Konqueror or Mozilla (and presumably other browsers - those are the ones I have installed) or to email the URL or the actual page to someone. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
