On Sunday 16 March 2008, Ric Moore wrote: >On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 20:10 +0200, Sur wrote: >> * Gene Heskett wrote, On 03/16/2008 05:48 PM: >> > On Sunday 16 March 2008, Sur wrote: >> >> * Gene Heskett wrote, On 03/16/2008 07:14 AM: >> >>> On Sunday 16 March 2008, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >>>> On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 23:23 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >>>>> Greetings all; >> >>>>> >> >>>>> How do I go about making FF3b4 use kmail for its default email agent >> >>>>> when the link clicked on is of the form "mailto: name@FQDN"? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I did have it using kmail (I use only kde), but some update seems to >> >>>>> have undone me and I can't find any mention of Evolution in the >> >>>>> control center settings, nor in FF's about:config. I can't just >> >>>>> remove evolution as it takes aabout 500 megs worth of other stuff I >> >>>>> do use with it & that sucks a very high vacuum IMO. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I've been looking for it for about 2 hours now. Somebody please >> >>>>> throw me a lifesaver... >> >>>> >> >>>> Gnome Control Center->Preferred Applications->Mail Reader. Note that >> >>>> it has nothing to do with FF as such; it's a desktop setting. >> >>>> >> >>>> poc >> >>> >> >>> As I said, I'm running kde, and there is no such thing in its control >> >>> center. In "control center->kde components->Email client" screen, the >> >>> use kmail button is checked. For FF3b4, no effect. >> >> >> >> $ sudo yum install gconf-editor >> >> $ gconf-editor /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto/command >> > >> > In my case it was in Settings-->Preferred Applications. One menu item >> > in 2 screens full. >> >> Well, you do have Gnome (and its control-center) installed then. >> Menus get polluted when you install multiple desktops, you need to deal >> with that. >> What you did was simply what the previous poster suggested. > >Why configure KDE with a Gnome app?? That's pollution, for sure. You are being too nice Ric, now stop that. >If I >could, I'd remove Gnome. A previous email to this list mentioned that >you couldn't even change your mouse pointer in Gnome. My Gawd! What have >we done! Did someone just up and decide that one mouse pointer serves >all?? I have many choices of mouse pointers with KDE. Sorry, but that's >the way it is, and why I use it. Ric > > >-- >================================================ >My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: >"There are two Great Sins in the world... >..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. >Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. >Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ >http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar >http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too >================================================ -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) "Don't try to outweird me, three-eyes. I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal." - Zaphod Beeblebrox in "Hithiker's Guide to the Galaxy" -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
