Re: Nautilus, other file managers, and default file manager

[Marco Pesenti Gritti <mpgritti gmail com>]

I think they are using gnome_url_show on the desktop folder uri.
So I suspect it's actually using the default handler of the folder mime type.

Marco

On 5/17/05, Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 18:34 -0500, kareemy wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I switch my desktop environment between gnome, xfce, and windowmaker
> > constantly. When I am not using GNOME I do not want Nautilus to be my
> > default file manager.
> >
> > Specifically, Firefox loads the default file manager when you click
> > the "Show Folder" button in the Downloads Preferences. So when I am in
> > Xfce and click Show Folder, Nautilus loads up and takes over my
> > desktop. Firefox claims it is just running the default file manager. I
> > have looked everywhere and cannot find out how to change the default
> > file manager
> >
> > How do I change the default file manager to either nothing or xffm
> > when I'm not using gnome?
> 
> I'm not sure how they determine the default file manager. There is no
> setting for that that i know of.
> 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>  Alexander Larsson                                            Red Hat, Inc
>                    alexl redhat com    alla lysator liu se
> He's a maverick voodoo rock star searching for his wife's true killer. She's a
> hard-bitten cat-loving lawyer with a birthmark shaped like Liberty's torch.
> They fight crime!
> 
> --
> nautilus-list mailing list
> nautilus-list gnome org
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
>