On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 21:17 +0100, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: > On 07/13/2010 08:57 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 20:15 +0100, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: > >> To setup Thunderbird 3 to open Firefox for web links, and Firefox to > >> open Thunderbird for email links I have to use the default applications > >> setup provided by Gnome, the KDE one doesn't work. Surely there's got to > >> be an easier way to do this from KDE! I've not found one yet. > > > > Thunderbird and Firefox are GTK apps, not QT ones, so you have to modify > > the Gnome environment and not the KDE one. That's the way it is unless > > someone releases alternate versions. > > > > poc > > > > As I well know, but what happens if a user doesn't have Gnome installed? > How can they change the required settings easily? These can get broken > by updates amongst other things, so IMHO this could be a right nuisance. Without the Gnome libraries, the above apps won't run. The user doesn't need to run the full desktop but they do need gnome-control-center or at least gconf-editor to be able to change the configuration. > Perhaps Fedora advises users to use an internet browser and email client > designed for their preferred GUI then, which IMHO basically sucks. Fedora is strongly Gnome-oriented, though it does support other DEs quite well (including KDE which I use). poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
