On 2025-02-12, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
>> > >
>> > Unfortunately, as Greg Wooledge has already pointed out, there is no
>> > universal standard. If there was, this thread would've stopped ages
>> > ago.
>>
>> I am really surprised that this thread is so long. However I am still
>> curious whether xfce-terminal respects /etc/xdg/mimeapps.list or
>> ~/.config/mimeapps.list. My expectation it should.
>
> The OP needs to delve into what's calling up the browser in each and
> every case, unfortunately. Some here have fixated on order of
> installation, and that might be a fix for /etc/alternatives, and
> with luck perhaps even /etc/{mailcap,mime.types}, but is unlikely
> to affect configuration files in /home, environmental variables,
> and whatever is hardwired in programs themselves.
It's true I'm fixated on the order of installation because that was flow
of events the OP recounted. We still are unaware if my simple fix
might indeed be a fix (in the OP's specific case).
But I admit the complexity of the situation is beyond the scope of my
knowledge or even my patience. That it should be so complex to choose
the default browser I find at once disheartening and ludicrous.
