[arch-general] no desktop: howto change default browser?

[Mantas M.]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 08:26:53PM +0200, clemens fischer wrote:
> I have used "gconf-editor", added the directory chain

Very few programs still use the GConf settings. Most follow the XDG configuration at ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list:

    [Default Applications]
    x-scheme-handler/http=firefox.desktop
    x-scheme-handler/https=firefox.desktop
    text/html=firefox.desktop

The "x-scheme-handler/*" entries are for "http:" and "https:" URLs respectively, and "text/html" is for opening local HTML files.

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Mantas M.