On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 12:54, Youssef Makki wrote: > Hello folks, > > I've been - and without success - trying to change default browser > behavior in Gnome. First off, I looked at /usr/bin/htmlview, which > mentions /etc/htmlview.conf and ~/.htmlviewrc, however does not mention > the options/syntax I can use. Some googling reveled that I should add > "X11BROWSER=/usr/bin/mozilla-firebird" to the ~/.htmlviewrc, which > doesn't seem to work consistently. The other problem is with > gnome-default-applications-properties (Preferences - Preferred > Applications). It tends to forget what I set in "Select a Web Browser", > and it never remembers what I set in "Custom Web Browser", > "/usr/bin/mozilla-firebird" in my case. I snooped around in the gconf > editor, found a few keys, edited to no effect. > Any ideas here? > > Thanks! this is how i did it: #X11BROWSERS_GNOME="/usr/bin/mozilla /usr/bin/epiphany /usr/bin/galeon" X11BROWSERS_GNOME="/usr/bin/mozilla-firebird" #X11BROWSERS_GENERIC="/usr/bin/mozilla /usr/bin/netscape" X11BROWSERS_GENERIC="/usr/bin/netscape" i basically commented out the gnome and generic browsers. i only kept mozilla-firebird for gnome and netscape for generic. i'm sure there's a better way. but that makes mine open html files in firebird. good luck! dex
