On 2016-08-04 at 10:22:44 Rick Stevens wrote:

> On 08/03/2016 11:50 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 08/04/16 14:36, Erik P. Olsen wrote:  
> >> On 2016-08-04 at 06:12:29 Ed Greshko wrote:
> >>  
> >>> On 08/04/16 04:31, Erik P. Olsen wrote:  
> >>>> When I use xdg-open to open an URL it opens it with firefox
> >>>> although my preferred browser is google-chrome.
> >>>>
> >>>> Is this a bug or have I missed something.
> >>>>
> >>>> I am running f23.    
> >>> Try issuing the following commands....
> >>>
> >>> xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
> >>> xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler http
> >>> google-chrome.desktop xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler
> >>> https google-chrome.desktop
> >>>  
> >> default-web-browser was already set for google-chrome and the two
> >> scheme-handlers are not implemented for xfce. So that doesn't seem
> >> to do it.
> >>  
> > 
> > All I can offer is my settings....
> > 
> > [egreshko@meimei ~]$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
> > google-chrome.desktop
> > [egreshko@meimei ~]$ xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler
> > http google-chrome.desktop
> > [egreshko@meimei ~]$ xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler
> > https google-chrome.desktop
> > 
> > and when I do...
> > 
> > xdg-open http://tinyurl.com/znz978w
> > 
> > It opens in a chrome tab.  
> 
> Perhaps Erik needs to log out and back in once he's done the
> "xdg-settings set" commands?
> 
> Just a guess...sometimes this stuff only "takes" on logins.

It's more tricky than that. If I issue the command that Ed mentioned
xdg-open correctly opens a tab in google-chrome. But if I click on an
URL attached to an e-mail it opens in firefox.

-- 
Erik
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