Re: [Balsa/Windows] open html parts with firefox

[Jack <ostroffjh sbcglobal net>]

On 2011.09.13 23:41, Ildar Mulyukov wrote:
> 	Hi, Jack!
> glad you're moving fast.
The context is that normally (i.e., at home) I use a Gentoo system, so  
I am used to having pretty good control over everything.  When I travel  
(I'm now visiting relatives) I use my laptop, which is Windows Vista  
Home Basic, and I really hate webmail.  Unfortunately, once I get home  
again, I go back to my main system, so I mostly work on getting the  
laptop stuff done while I actually need to use it. :-)

> On 13.09.2011 22:09:50, Jack wrote:
> > Now on to my next issue - how to get balsa to open html parts with  
> > firefox (plain windows version - not cygwin version).  Any hints?
>
> I guess it's the mime part: Balsa asks system what app can hadle this  
> mimetype (html) and shows these apps in context menu.
Yes, but where it the list mapping mime types to programs?  When I had  
more of the gnome stuff installed (I've stripped out most of it again)  
I could get to "default apps" throught gnome-control-settings (or  
something like that) but although I was able to get it to use Epiphany  
(actually, that was automatic, while I had it instelled) I couldn't  
find any way to map to a program it didn't know about already, i.e.,  
something gnome recognized.  I believe this is more a general gnome  
question than balsa related - but hopefully it's actually possible and  
someone knows how.

Thanks again for all the help on this.  Even having to cut/paste URLs,  
it's better than webmail!

Jack