Re: xfg-open issue.

[Rick Stevens]

On 08/03/2016 11:50 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  
>  
>  On 08/04/16 14:36, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> > On 2016-08-04 at 06:12:29 Ed Greshko wrote:
> >
> >> On 08/04/16 04:31, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> >>> When I use xdg-open to open an URL it opens it with firefox although
> >>> my preferred browser is google-chrome.
> >>>
> >>> Is this a bug or have I missed something.
> >>>
> >>> I am running f23.  
> >> Try issuing the following commands....
> >>
> >> xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
> >> xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler http
> >> google-chrome.desktop xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler
> >> https google-chrome.desktop
> >>
> > default-web-browser was already set for google-chrome and the two
> > scheme-handlers are not implemented for xfce. So that doesn't seem to
> > do it.
> >
>  
>  All I can offer is my settings....
>  
>  [egreshko@meimei ~]$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
>  google-chrome.desktop
>  [egreshko@meimei ~]$ xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler http
>  google-chrome.desktop
>  [egreshko@meimei ~]$ xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler https
>  google-chrome.desktop
>  
>  and when I do...
>  
>  xdg-open http://tinyurl.com/znz978w
>  
>  It opens in a chrome tab. 
Perhaps Erik needs to log out and back in once he's done the
"xdg-settings set" commands?

Just a guess...sometimes this stuff only "takes" on logins.
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