[plug] Evolution defaults ...

[Richard Meyer]

We could swap boxes, then ONE of us would be happy.  ;-)

Thanks for trying to help, Gavin

On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 13:03 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
> I put my own advice to the test by changing the browser association,
> and ... it didn't work :-/
> 
> I also tried the method listed here:
> <http://www.compatdb.org/support/topics/161159_using_evolution_email_with_firefox_browser.html>
> and neither the gnome nor kde method worked for me either.
> 
> YMMV, but this has me stumped now. I've set a different browser than
> firefox everywhere that I can imagine, but still firefox persists as my
> default file association from evolution :-/
> 
> Gavin
> 
> On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 21:37 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 20:33 +0800, Richard Meyer wrote:
> > > hi all,
> > > 
> > > Some of you may have remembered the post I made a while ago about SUE
> > > destroying my 10.3 installation with their "last security update".
> > > 
> > > I have since installed SUSE 11.2 (I know, but I'm used to it, and it is
> > > a work machine ...)
> > 
> > Stick with what you know well, eh :-) Why not, I still like it.
> > 
> > 
> > > Since then, when I click on a URL in Evolution, I get messages that say
> > > "epiphany doesn't exist" (well that's not the EXACT message, but you get
> > > the idea ...
> > 
> > Evo is a gnomey thing, so I think I'm right in believing epiphany is
> > gnome's default browser. Anyway, I _think_ the way to get it associating
> > html links with another browser is to install the gnome app
> > "gconf-editor". You may already have it. There's usually no menu link
> > for it - type that at a cli and see what you get.
> > 
> > *** ASIDE: aint bash great these days? Gone is the cryptic "not found"
> > or whatever. Now bash says really _smart_ things like suggesting the
> > full path to an app, or telling you it's not installed and how to
> > install it. Makes the cli much more user friendly even for novices
> > ***   
> > 
> > Once gconf-editor is running drill down to
> > "/desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec" key. Highlight (choose) it in
> > the right window and/or then right-click to edit the key value, typing
> > in the new default browser in the relevant box. 
> > There is no 'save' button, just quit gconf-editor and the changes are
> > made. Probably have to restart your session to have changes in effect.  
> > 
> > > I have Googled to find how to adjust volution, but it's all ooolllddd.
> > > Anybody know how to change the default browser? And it's KDE - KDE 4.3
> > > is not nearly as bad as KDE 4.x was ....
> > 
> > Yeh, when I upgraded to opensuse 11.1 with kde 4.1, I found the desktop
> > so awful and taxing on my aging laptop that I ditched it in favour of
> > icewm (btw: tried xfce4 again first, but seems to have lost its trimness
> > and also bogged down my system).
> > 
> > Gavin 
> > 
> 
> 
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Richard Meyer
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