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#1 2008-08-30 02:06:35

Frabato
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xfce preferred applications

Hi All,

When I'm in the Thunderbird email program, clicking on a link does not open firefox. These programs are both selected in the preferred applications section of xfce settings. Does anyone here know of any tricks that I might be missing?

Thanks,
Arthur

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#2 2008-08-31 00:16:44

dunc
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Registered: 2007-06-18
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Re: xfce preferred applications

Yes, Thunderbird ignores any preferred apps you might have set in Xfce (or Gnome and KDE, for that matter). You need to go to Edit --> Preferences --> Advanced --> Config Editor (it's the same thing as Firefox's "about:config"), and add a string key "network.protocol-handler.app.http". Setting it to "xdg-open" should make it behave and use your preferred app, but if that doesn't work you can just set it to "/usr/bin/firefox" or whatever.

You can set a similar key, "network.protocol-handler.app.mailto" in Firefox to "xdg-email" to use your preferred app for mailto: URLs.


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#3 2008-08-31 00:26:51

sand_man
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Re: xfce preferred applications

I have this same problem but 'network.protocol-handler.app.http' doesn't show up in the config editor.
[edit]
A quick google gave me this which works perfectly.
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20315

Last edited by sand_man (2008-08-31 00:33:40)


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#4 2008-08-31 18:58:07

dunc
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Re: xfce preferred applications

That's right. You have to add it yourself. Editing prefs.js does the same thing - the config editor's just a nice GUI for it.

Last edited by dunc (2008-08-31 18:58:43)


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#5 2008-09-02 00:17:29

Frabato
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Re: xfce preferred applications

Thanks very much (problem solved)!

Arthur

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#6 2008-09-02 09:13:31

ninian
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Re: xfce preferred applications

@dunc,

Thanks, that's a great tip re xdg-open and xdg-email - never was aware of that!
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#7 2008-09-02 17:36:38

dunc
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Registered: 2007-06-18
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Re: xfce preferred applications

To be honest, I've never actually tried it (I always use the /usr/bin/whatever method) but I know it should work. smile


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