Evolution (again)

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 14:48 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 20:10 +0200, Sur wrote:
> > * Gene Heskett wrote, On 03/16/2008 05:48 PM:
> > > On Sunday 16 March 2008, Sur wrote:
> > >> * Gene Heskett wrote, On 03/16/2008 07:14 AM:
> > >>> On Sunday 16 March 2008, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > >>>> On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 23:23 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > >>>>> Greetings all;
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> How do I go about making FF3b4 use kmail for its default email agent
> > >>>>> when the link clicked on is of the form "mailto: name at FQDN"?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I did have it using kmail (I use only kde), but some update seems to
> > >>>>> have undone me and I can't find any mention of Evolution in the control
> > >>>>> center settings, nor in FF's about:config.  I can't just remove
> > >>>>> evolution as it takes aabout 500 megs worth of other stuff I do use with
> > >>>>> it & that sucks a very high vacuum IMO.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I've been looking for it for about 2 hours now.  Somebody please throw
> > >>>>> me a lifesaver...
> > >>>> Gnome Control Center->Preferred Applications->Mail Reader. Note that it
> > >>>> has nothing to do with FF as such; it's a desktop setting.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> poc
> > >>> As I said, I'm running kde, and there is no such thing in its control
> > >>> center. In "control center->kde components->Email client" screen, the use
> > >>> kmail button is checked.  For FF3b4, no effect.
> > >> $ sudo yum install gconf-editor
> > >> $ gconf-editor /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto/command
> > >>
> > > In my case it was in Settings-->Preferred Applications.  One menu item in 2 
> > > screens full.
> > > 
> > 
> > Well, you do have Gnome (and its control-center) installed then.
> > Menus get polluted when you install multiple desktops, you need to deal 
> > with that.
> > What you did was simply what the previous poster suggested.
> 
> Why configure KDE with a Gnome app??

You're not configuring KDE. FF is packaged as a Gnome app, so it
interacts with the Gconf stuff (Gnome's equivalent of the Windows
Registry), meaning you configure its properties from the Gnome control
panel (if using Gnome) or equivalently gnome-control-center (or
gconf-editor if you want to get down to the details). Same goes for
Evolution BTW.

OT: as a KDE user of many years standing, it still annoys me that KDE is
a second-class citizen in Fedora. Sure it's supported, but essentially
all the Fedora documentation assumes that you're using Gnome. Thus when
discussing Network Manager for example, we're recommended to use
nm-applet, which only works if you're running the Gnome desktop.

poc