Re: How to change the default Internet browser on F28?

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On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 11:03 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> How can I change the default Internet browser on F28?
>
>
> Your question may, or may not, have a simple answer.  It all depends on what you mean
> by "default browser" and the desktop you're using as well as the applications calling
> the browser.
>
> Anyway, I use KDE as my DE and Chrome as my browser.  I also use T-Bird for my mail
> client where most of the links are that I want to open.
>
> So, the following works for me....
>
> xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
> xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler http google-chrome.desktop
> xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler https google-chrome.desktop
>
> You would replace the google-chrome.desktop with the appropriate desktop file for
> your preferred browser.  The desktop file would be located in...
>
> /usr/share/applications/

Thanks, Ed. I did as you suggested, but no luck, unfortunately: I am
using a program that opens on the default browser, and I would like to
have Chrome as the default browser, but the mentioned program always
opens on Firefox.

By the way, I am using XFCE as desktop manager.

Paul
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