On 05/28/15 19:06, Tim wrote:
Ed Greshko:
xdg-settings get default-web-browser
Kevin Cummings:
For me it returns: "xdg-settings: unknown desktop environment"
B^) I run MATE desktops.
Likewise, on both counts. While I don't use Thunderbird, other things do open the right web browser (for my personally set preference). And for further information, just following up on something later on in the thread:
[tim@fluffy ~]$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser xdg-settings: unknown desktop environment
[tim@fluffy ~]$ xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler xdg-settings: unknown desktop environment
[tim@fluffy ~]$ xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler xdg-settings: unknown desktop environment
I installed MATE on my KDE system and indeed it doesn't fully support the xdg environment. Notice the difference in the environment variables set...
KDE
XDG_VTNR=1 XDG_SESSION_ID=5 XDG_MENU_PREFIX=kf5- XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session7 XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 XDG_SEAT=seat0 XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=KDE XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/kde-settings/kde-profile/default/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1029 XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE
MATE
XDG_VTNR=1 XDG_SESSION_ID=4 XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session5 XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 XDG_SEAT=seat0 XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP= XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1029 XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=
Setting the blank DESKTOP variable to KDE will change the behavior of the commands.