On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 06:53 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > 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. Did all that and it made no difference. I also logged out and in again just in case. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
