On 07/21/17 06:25, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 05:26 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 07/20/17 20:33, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> I run KDE but use a number of Gnome applications including Evolution.
>>> I'm currently using Opera as my default web browser, but can't get
>>> Evolution to recognise this. Running gnome-control-center offers me a
>>> list of possible browsers but Opera is not one of them and I don't see
>>> where I can add it as an option.
>>>
>>> I cannot make head or tail of gsettings (nothing under the evolution-
>>> related schemas says anything about browsers), so I try xdg-settings:
>>>
>>> $ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
>>> opera.desktop
>>>
>>> Looks fine, right? But clicking on a link in Evolution opens Firefox.
>>> So my question is, if xdg-settings is meant to be the solution to DE
>>> incompatibility issues, why does this not work?
>>>
>> No, that is not enough....
>>
>> What do you have for....
>>
>> xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler http
>> xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler https
> They also show firefox.desktop, however if I try to change it:
>
> $ xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler http opera.desktop
> $ xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler http
> firefox.desktop
>
> IOW I can't change it. (And yes, the opera.desktop file exists.)
>
Does the opera.desktop file contain a MimeType line and does it include
x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https; on that line?

If it doesn't, add it.

Then, as root run...  update-desktop-database -q

And try again the xdg-settings set commands.

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