Re: Setting preferred applications

[Volker Wysk <post volker-wysk de>]

Am Samstag, den 30.11.2019, 09:10 -0800 schrieb N B Day via gnome-list:
> On Sat, 2019-11-30 at 18:01 +0100, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > Am Samstag, den 30.11.2019, 06:31 -0800 schrieb N B Day via gnome-
> > list:
> > > On Fri, 2019-11-29 at 21:41 +0100, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > I know how to set some preferred applications in Einstellungen
> > > > ->
> > > > Informationen -> Vorgabeanwendugen (~ system settings ->
> > > > information
> > > > ->
> > > > default applications). But how to set the preferred PDF viewer
> > > > and  
> > > > terminal emulator?
> > >
> > > Look at /org/gnome/software/popular-overrides with dconf-editor.
> > >
> > > This says "List of popular applications"
> > > and "A list of applications to use, overriding the system defined
> > > ones."
> >
> > There is an entry field called "Eigener Wert" ("own value"). But
> > what
> > syntax does it have, and exactly what should be entered here? Those
> > two
> > emtpy brackets look like an empty list value in some programming
> > language.
> >
> > > Sorry, I have no idea how this would be expressed auf Deutsch.
> >
> > Keine Ursache ("no reason") (to apologize). :-)
>
> I've never used this; I saw it a while ago but didn't need it. (I'm
> happy with the default choices not configurable with GNOME settings.)
>
> I'll play around with it later.  First thing to try: a comma or
> semicolon separated list of applications [xterm,tickr]

I've tried "['xterm']" (without the outer quotes), but it didn't seem
to have any effect.

Bye
Volker