Re: Where is browser to be executed on open URL configured

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On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 13:25:07 -0700
Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 3/8/20 8:34 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, 7 Mar 2020 16:51:19 -0800 Samuel Sieb
> > <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >   
> >> On 3/7/20 4:06 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:  
> >>> xfce-terminal, bash, fedora 30
> >>>
> >>> When there's a url -- http://foo.bar.com for example -- typed in
> >>> the terminal and I clink the RMB with the sprite on the text, I am
> >>> offered the option: "open link". So far, so good. The default
> >>> browser is not executed. (Firefox rather than Chrome, FWIW)
> >>>
> >>> Question:  where is the browser to be executed at this point
> >>> configured?  
> >>
> >> Since you're using xfce, I don't know how to do it graphically.
> >> Run "xdg-mime query default text/html" to see what the current
> >> setting is. If that's not correct, then run:
> >> xdg-mime default text/html google-chrome.desktop
> >> Hopefully that will set it correctly.  
> > 
> > This does indeed change the setting of xdg-mime query default
> > text/html (for which, thanks) but it does not effect a change to
> > the browser executed by the RMB click.  
> 
> Ok, from the post linked by Patrick, try the following:
> xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/http
> xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/https
> 
> If those point to the wrong browser, then do:
> xdg-mime default x-scheme-handler/http google-chrome.desktop
> xdg-mime default x-scheme-handler/https google-chrome.desktop

Got it! 

/usr/local/share/applications/defaults.list had this:
	text/html=firefox.desktop;google-chrome.desktop
As firefox is found, ...

Thanks to all who contributed.
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