On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 11:43 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > Evo 3.8.3, Fedora 19, KDE 4.10 > > > > I'm embarrassed to be asking this, but how do I set the default browser > > for embedded URLs to Chrome if I don't have the Gnome Desktop installed? > > > > I know this is a FAQ, and I've even answered it myself in the past, but > > the rules seem to have changed. There is no longer a > > gnome-control-center app in the Fedora repositories, and the xdg* stuff > > is correctly set to google-chrome, as is > > $HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list > > > > There seem to be far too many competing ways to set up default > > applications. > > Here's what I usually do: > > XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE \ > xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop > > XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME \ > xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop > > since xdg-settings generally only tweaks things for the current-running DE, > I run it for each (KDE/GNOME), which handles most cases and applications. ---- awesome - thanks Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
