Hi. Evolution has an option to open a URI in a browser but when a link in a message is clicked nothing happens. There is nowhere that I can find to set a default browser in Evolution so I guessing it's maybe a Suse thing. A google search only found me a few dead ends. So a hint on opening a browser Firefox for preference would be a great help. 9.2 is the version. Thanks in advance. Roger
On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 19:13, Roger Beever wrote:
Hi. Evolution has an option to open a URI in a browser but when a link in a message is clicked nothing happens. There is nowhere that I can find to set a default browser in Evolution so I guessing it's maybe a Suse thing. A google search only found me a few dead ends. So a hint on opening a browser Firefox for preference would be a great help. 9.2 is the version. Thanks in advance. Roger
Evolution is part of the gnome desktop and needs to be configured using gnome-control-center. You'll find the settings there. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please* "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 19:20, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 19:13, Roger Beever wrote:
Hi. Evolution has an option to open a URI in a browser but when a link in a message is clicked nothing happens. There is nowhere that I can find to set a default browser in Evolution so I guessing it's maybe a Suse thing. A google search only found me a few dead ends. So a hint on opening a browser Firefox for preference would be a great help. 9.2 is the version. Thanks in advance. Roger
Evolution is part of the gnome desktop and needs to be configured using gnome-control-center. You'll find the settings there.
Update. You can configure the default browser using gnome-control-center since evolution is a gnome program. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please* "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
How can you select Firefox as default browser in KDE? Jim Flanagan On Monday 31 January 2005 6:27 pm, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 19:20, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 19:13, Roger Beever wrote:
Hi. Evolution has an option to open a URI in a browser but when a link in a message is clicked nothing happens. There is nowhere that I can find to set a default browser in Evolution so I guessing it's maybe a Suse thing. A google search only found me a few dead ends. So a hint on opening a browser Firefox for preference would be a great help. 9.2 is the version. Thanks in advance. Roger
Evolution is part of the gnome desktop and needs to be configured using gnome-control-center. You'll find the settings there.
Update. You can configure the default browser using gnome-control-center since evolution is a gnome program.
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
* Only reply to the list please*
"The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
On Monday 31 January 2005 7:53 pm, Jim Flanagan wrote:
How can you select Firefox as default browser in KDE?
start firefox, then go to Edit-Preferences-general tab- 4th item down is default browser. You can check the box and also check to see if it is the default. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc
Sorry Paul, that didn't work. Konquer still opens when I click on a url. Jim On Monday 31 January 2005 6:59 pm, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On Monday 31 January 2005 7:53 pm, Jim Flanagan wrote:
How can you select Firefox as default browser in KDE?
start firefox, then go to Edit-Preferences-general tab- 4th item down is default browser. You can check the box and also check to see if it is the default.
-- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jim Flanagan wrote: | Sorry Paul, that didn't work. Konquer still opens when I click on a url. Hi All, I apologize in advance for getting trigger happy and deleting posts too quickly tonight. I thought this thread was a discussion about setting the default browser in Evolution? 1. From the main SuSE menu in KDE (dare I say "Start" button? ;-P 2. -> Utilities -> Desktop -> Gnome Control Center 3. In the System category, double-click File Associations 4. Expand Documents, scroll down to World Wide Web, select HTML Page 5. Click 'Edit" 6. Put path/Firefox launch string in "Program to run" field. 7. Roll up Documents and scroll down to Internet Services 8. Expand Internet Services, similarly edit "http" & "https" These changes will make Firefox the default web browser in your Gnome applications, including Evolution. Hoping this is still relevant and apologizing in advance if it isn't... G'night all! - - Carl - -- ____________________________________________________________________ C. E. Hartung Business Development & Support Services http://www.cehartung.com/ carlh@cehartung.com Dover Foxcroft, Maine, USA Public Key #0x68396713 Reg. Linux User #350527 http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB/w6fusxgymg5ZxMRArdTAJ43Ud7jEHcBnn72ParYnR2lZVjsVACeMf8q PS1qIyZeYuiYkFKcPkvqGRc= =Tnp5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 00:07 -0500, Carl E. Hartung wrote:
I apologize in advance for getting trigger happy and deleting posts too quickly tonight. I thought this thread was a discussion about setting the default browser in Evolution?
Yes it was thanks.
1. From the main SuSE menu in KDE (dare I say "Start" button? ;-P 2. -> Utilities -> Desktop -> Gnome Control Center 3. In the System category, double-click File Associations 4. Expand Documents, scroll down to World Wide Web, select HTML Page
No HTML under www (not under any of the others either ).
5. Click 'Edit" 6. Put path/Firefox launch string in "Program to run" field. 7. Roll up Documents and scroll down to Internet Services 8. Expand Internet Services, similarly edit "http" & "https" Yes those are both there and I did the change
These changes will make Firefox the default web browser in your Gnome applications, including Evolution. I then removed GNOME control centre and GNOME1 control centre using YAST and then re installed them with the same result no html. is there a way to restore the defaults on the gnome control panel. Roger
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On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 00:53 -0500, Carl E. Hartung wrote:
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Roger Beever wrote:
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| No HTML under www (not under any of the others either ).
This was an opportunity to create the file type definition. Click on "Add" instead of "Edit." Tell it that files that look like this: "*.HTML,*.html,*.HTM,*.htm" are to be launched in browser "%" (in your case Firefox.) <snip>
| is there a way to restore the defaults on the gnome control panel. | Roger
R & R (removing & reinstalling) didn't work because you removed the configuration editor, not the underlying data. ;-)
I don't think a 'wrinkle-free' multi-desktop Linux installation is possible or reasonable to expect. There will always be something minor needing attention. The "Add" button was beckoning you to get your feet a little wetter... (hint, hint & a very big grin!) Not a problem as such except the very detailed set of instructions indicated that the html Should have already been there. I was going to attempt an add but thought it worth asking first. In fact I vaguely remembered something today from a year or so back that one should really use Gnome once to allow it to fully set up even if using KDE full time. Thanks again for the tips. Roger
On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 00:53 -0500, Carl E. Hartung wrote:
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Roger Beever wrote:
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| No HTML under www (not under any of the others either ).
This was an opportunity to create the file type definition. Click on "Add" instead of "Edit." Tell it that files that look like this: "*.HTML,*.html,*.HTM,*.htm" are to be launched in browser "%" (in your case Firefox.) <snip> OK you got me ;-) What's construct for the mime type? I did have this brilliant idea of looking at the KDE file association but there is no mention of mime type. Roger
Roger, On Wednesday 02 February 2005 12:04, Roger Beever wrote:
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OK you got me ;-) What's construct for the mime type? I did have this brilliant idea of looking at the KDE file association but there is no mention of mime type.
The two-level hierarchy shown in the "Known Types" section of the KDE Control Center's "File Associations" display (under "KDE Components") reflects MIME types. E.g., under the "text" section, you find entries such as "css", "html", "plain", "rtf", etc. These correspond to MIME types "text/css", "text/html", "text/plain" and "text/rtf", resp.
Roger
Randall Schulz
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On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 15:29 -0500, Carl E. Hartung wrote:
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Roger Beever wrote:
"text/html"
This stuff is *fun* ain't it? :-) certainly is especially when I just brought my laptop upstairs to compare and it has an entry for html etc and it's already set to firefox as part of it's install, no changes by me. And what's more clicking on a link in a message does open it in firefox. Linux is a bit of a dark art ;-) For the record both the laptop and desktop are running 9.2. Both upgraded from 9.1 within about a week of each other. Both by the reinstall rather than update. The laptop had a reinstall because updates started failing that's about
the only difference. I'm guessing I won't know for sure until I power up again tomorrow but the changes have not worked so far. Regards Roger
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Roger Beever wrote: | I'm guessing I won't know for sure until I power up again tomorrow but | the changes have not worked so far. | Regards Roger Sorry to hear that, Roger. I went back and looked at it and I literally replaced the string "epiphany" with "mozilla" -- leaving the remaining " %s" in place --> "mozilla %s" being the result. That might be worth a try, eh? (I apologize for leaving out that little detail!) - - Carl - -- ____________________________________________________________________ C. E. Hartung Business Development & Support Services http://www.cehartung.com/ carlh@cehartung.com Dover Foxcroft, Maine, USA Public Key #0x68396713 Reg. Linux User #350527 http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCAVFxusxgymg5ZxMRAlLDAJ9B8CBOIoelVmbaHLBnEB6JLJdivgCeMLQh +lNhAwl4tHzfoM77In3Lwng= =iEFA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 15:29 -0500, Carl E. Hartung wrote:
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Roger Beever wrote:
"text/html"
This stuff is *fun* ain't it? :-) certainly is especially when I just brought my laptop upstairs to compare and it has an entry for html etc and it's already set to firefox as part of it's install, no changes by me. And what's more clicking on a link in a message does open it in firefox. Linux is a bit of a dark art ;-) For the record both the laptop and desktop are running 9.2. Both upgraded from 9.1 within about a week of each other. Both by the reinstall rather than update. The laptop had a reinstall because updates started failing that's about the only difference. I'm guessing I won't know for sure until I power up again tomorrow but the changes have not worked so far. Regards Roger I went into Firefox preferences and did a check if "Firefox is default browser" and it said it was not did I want it to. I clicked yes went back to Evolution and clicked a link and Firefox opened and showed the
On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 21:56 +0000, Roger Beever wrote: link. Problem solved. Thanks to all who helped along the way. Roger
On Monday 31 January 2005 06:53 pm, Jim Flanagan wrote:
How can you select Firefox as default browser in KDE?
Jim Flanagan
Try Control Panel > KDE Components > File Associations Type html as the pattern (you may need to expand the resulting 'text' in the window below. Click on html In the right side window click Firefox and move it to the top so it will be the first program KDE will use to open html files Doug
Jim, On Monday 31 January 2005 16:53, Jim Flanagan wrote:
How can you select Firefox as default browser in KDE?
Jim Flanagan
- Open the KDE Control Center - Expand "KDE Components" - Select "File Associations" - Expand "Text" in the right-hand pane - Select "html" - Either move to the top an existing "Firefox" action (unlikely, I imagine) or... "Add..." a new action in the "Application Prefernce Order" list whose "Application" tab's "Command" field contains "firefox -remote "openURL(%u)" If the "firefox" executable (a script, actually) is not in your PATH, then use the absolute path name instead of the plain "firefox" in the action's command. Randall Schulz
On Monday 31 January 2005 10:27 pm, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Jim,
On Monday 31 January 2005 16:53, Jim Flanagan wrote:
How can you select Firefox as default browser in KDE?
Jim Flanagan
- Open the KDE Control Center - Expand "KDE Components" - Select "File Associations" - Expand "Text" in the right-hand pane - Select "html" - Either move to the top an existing "Firefox" action (unlikely, I imagine) or... "Add..." a new action in the "Application Prefernce Order" list whose "Application" tab's "Command" field contains "firefox -remote "openURL(%u)" Doug If the "firefox" executable (a script, actually) is not in your PATH, then use the absolute path name instead of the plain "firefox" in the action's command. Randall
Thanks Doug and Randall. Both tips did the trick. On my 9.1 box with Firefox installed as an RPM, the list showed Firefox already. On my 8.2 box with Firefox installed from source 9not RPM) I had to add it. In both cases this did the trick. Many thanks. To the original poster, sorry for jumping in on your Gnome related post. I had the same problem as you, only with KDE instead of Gnome. Best... Jim Flanagan
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