Re: [Evolution] browser - select different to handle links

[Terry <td3201 yahoo com>]

Actually, 

Evolution-1.4.5
KDE

The only way I saw to get around this for me was:
mv /usr/bin/galeon /usr/bin/galeon.bak
ln -s /usr/bin/konqueror /usr/bin/galeon

:)  Cheap but it works.

--- guenther <guenther rudersport de> wrote:
> > When I click on a link in an email, it uses
> galeon.  I
> > would prefer a different browser.  How can I set
> this?
> >  Or do I have to point the galeon binary to a
> > different browser with a symlink....?
>
> As you didn't specify your Evolution version, the
> desired browser and
> whether you have Gnome 2.x installed, I will assume
> Evolution 1.4.x with
> a sane Gnome Desktop installed.
>
> Ask again, if you are using Evolution 1.2.x, as the
> instructions are
> different for a Gnome 1.4 desktop.
>
>
> So here we go again with the most-wanted answer...
> ;-)
>
>
> Setting default browser (Evolution 1.4 / Gnome 2.x)
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Open the "Gnome Control Center" > Preferred
> Applications > Web Browser
> or simply run:
> $ gnome-default-applications-properties
>
>  check 'Custom Web Browser'
>  Command: gnome-moz-remote --newwin "%s"
>
> This will present you every link (clicked in a Gnome
> 2 app) in a new
> mozilla window. If you prefer tabs (instead of new
> windows) like me,
> change it similar like that:
>
>  Command: mozilla-remote.sh "%s"
>
> Have the attached script in your path (or change the
> command to have the
> whole path) and make the script executable.
>
>
> If you want to use another browser rather than
> Mozilla, you have to
> adjust the command (or the script for most of them,
> to enable tabs).
>
> ...guenther
>
>
> -- 
> char
*t="\10pse\0r\0dtu\0  ghno\x4e\xc8\x79\xf4\xab\x51\x8a\x10\xf4\xf4\xc4";
> main(){ char h,m=h=*t++,*x=t+2*h,c,i,l=*x,s=0; for
> (i=0;i<l;i++){ i%8? c<<=1:
> (c=*++x); c&128 && (s+=h); if (!(h>>=1)||!t[s+h]){
> putchar(t[s]);h=m;s=0; }}}
> > #!/bin/sh
>
> mozilla -remote 'openURL('$1', new-tab)' || mozilla
> $1 &

=====
Terry

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