On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:55:24 +0100, AG wrote: > In GNOME, if the options selected under "preferred applications" for > browsers doesn't get applied, how can I set an application to be the > default?
Hum... it depends. > Case in point: I use Kmail & Icedove, and want Iceape as my default > browser for clicking links, etc. Icedove remembers this and complies, > but KMail keeps opening Konqueror. I seem to recall that there was a > way I could set up a default, but don't remember the specifics. Have you tried using Konqueror's file association? *.html/*.htm → Iceape I am a bit outdated with today's konqueror capabilities but in the age of KDE 3.5.x there existed such menu :-) > Also, whilst on this topic, is there a centralised location in which all > these kinds of commands are listed? I've looked through the wiki and > cannot lay eyes on anything, but I had in mind the commands to set > sun-java as the default (I do know how to do that), set default > applications, etc. The wiki has the instruction on setting up > flashplayer-plugin but I was hoping to find maybe a list of these tips > and tricks that the seasoned veterans would know. > > Any ideas? Well, that depends. Desktop environments tend to... "facilitate"? (sigh, I really doubt it) user's life by developing their default applications/applets to manage this (file association/mime types and handlers) and in addition to this, there is also "update-alternatives" that can be used system wide to set some default applications like the java version or flash plugin to use but sometimes it conflicts with DE own settings/file configurations. And to make things even more difficult, you are running a KDE application inside a GNOME session so how to set the defaults may vary dependening on the app you're talking about ;-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.06.17.17.48...@gmail.com
