On 2016-09-16, Tony Baldwin <tonybald...@gmx.com> wrote: > On 09/16/2016 10:52 AM, The Wanderer wrote: >> (Is there a particular reason you replied to me privately, rather than >> to the mailing list?) >> >>> I should probably mention that I'm using chromium as my browser; >>> getting firefox or iceweasel to use icedove is like falling off a log >>> it's so easy. I had it working on the Jessie on an hdd that just died >>> on me (thankfully not until I'd downloaded and made an install disk >>> to install on the other hdd, which I'm using now.) But in my old age, >>> I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it >>> was with update-alternatives. I think I edited some config file >>> somewhere, but for the life of me, I can't recall where. >> >> A quick bit of Googling finds a discussion of a similar subject from a >> few years back: >> >> http://forums.bodhilinux.com/index.php?/topic/3063-solved-chromium-mailto-link-doesnt-open-on-thunderbird-xdg-email/ >> > I haven't the slightest idea where to find > settings panel >default applications >email > As the forum thread doesn't say what settings panel where. > And I can't find anything in chrome://settings that corresponds to mail > or default applications. > nor is there anything in my systemmenu under settings for default > applications. > Perhaps the forum user was referring to something in the default wm > (mate or something?) which I don't use. > I'm using openbox with the fbpanel.
openbox doesn't have a GUI for setting up the association you want. Instead, go to the file ~/.config/mimeapps.list (creating it if necessary) and add the following: [Added Associations] x-scheme-handler/mailto=icedove.desktop See the documentation[1] for more details. 1: https://standards.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/mime-apps-spec-1.0.1.html -- Liam
