On 07/21/17 06:25, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 05:26 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 07/20/17 20:33, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> I run KDE but use a number of Gnome applications including Evolution. >>> I'm currently using Opera as my default web browser, but can't get >>> Evolution to recognise this. Running gnome-control-center offers me a >>> list of possible browsers but Opera is not one of them and I don't see >>> where I can add it as an option. >>> >>> I cannot make head or tail of gsettings (nothing under the evolution- >>> related schemas says anything about browsers), so I try xdg-settings: >>> >>> $ xdg-settings get default-web-browser >>> opera.desktop >>> >>> Looks fine, right? But clicking on a link in Evolution opens Firefox. >>> So my question is, if xdg-settings is meant to be the solution to DE >>> incompatibility issues, why does this not work? >>> >> No, that is not enough.... >> >> What do you have for.... >> >> xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler http >> xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler https > They also show firefox.desktop, however if I try to change it: > > $ xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler http opera.desktop > $ xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler http > firefox.desktop > > IOW I can't change it. (And yes, the opera.desktop file exists.) > Does the opera.desktop file contain a MimeType line and does it include x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https; on that line? If it doesn't, add it. Then, as root run... update-desktop-database -q And try again the xdg-settings set commands. -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to speculate endlessly
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