Re: [Evolution] How does evolution pick the browser to open links with?

[Robert Munteanu <robert munteanu gmail com>]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 13:10 +0300, Robert Munteanu wrote:
> > $ gvfs-mime --query x-scheme-handler/http
> > Default application for 'x-scheme-handler/http': google-chrome.desktop
> > Registered applications:
> >         google-chrome.desktop
> >         firefox.desktop
> > Recommended applications:
> >         google-chrome.desktop
> >         firefox.desktop
> >
> > I resorted to manually overriding it
> >
> > $ gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/http firefox.desktop
> > Set firefox.desktop as the default for x-scheme-handler/http
> > $ gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/https firefox.desktop
> > Set firefox.desktop as the default for x-scheme-handler/https
> >
> > Although I'm not terribly happy about it, it works.
>
> https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/default-browser.html links
> to https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/net-default-browser
>
> If that page is incorrect a bug report is welcome.

That page is correct. However, it's targeted at running Gnome
applications inside Gnome. I'm running a Gnome application inside KDE.
I noticed the same behaviour with Eclipse after starting this thread.

Robert


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