how to change the default web browser from epiphany to iceweasel?
 

as the title. everytime when i click a link in pidgin, it opens
epiphany, but i usually use iceweseal, how to change the behavior of
pidgin and other applications to use iceweseal as the default web
browser? thanks


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On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Star Liu <minxinjianxin@gmail.com> wrote:
> as the title. everytime when i click a link in pidgin, it opens
> epiphany, but i usually use iceweseal, how to change the behavior of
> pidgin and other applications to use iceweseal as the default web
> browser? thanks

I suppose you're in GNOME, isn't it? Then, go to
System->Preferences->Favorite Applications and select yours. I'm not
using GNOME in English so, my translation could be wrong.

diego

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how to change the default web browser from epiphany to iceweasel?
 

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Star Liu wrote:
> as the title. everytime when i click a link in pidgin, it opens
> epiphany, but i usually use iceweseal, how to change the behavior of
> pidgin and other applications to use iceweseal as the default web
> browser? thanks
>
>
What desktopenvironment?

Also, in pidgin's settings i believe this can be changed.

something like iceweasel %u for the browser command


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Thank you very much, i changed it.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Diego Martínez Castañeda <n1mh@n1mh.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Star Liu <minxinjianxin@gmail.com> wrote:
>> as the title. everytime when i click a link in pidgin, it opens
>> epiphany, but i usually use iceweseal, how to change the behavior of
>> pidgin and other applications to use iceweseal as the default web
>> browser? thanks
>
> I suppose you're in GNOME, isn't it? Then, go to
> System->Preferences->Favorite Applications and select yours. I'm not
> using GNOME in English so, my translation could be wrong.
>
> diego
>
> --
> ___Diego Martínez Castañeda
> ________http://www.n1mh.org
> _________n1mh @ n1mh.org
>
> Trabaja como si no necesitaras el dinero.
> Ama como si nunca te hubieran herido.
> Baila como si nadie te estuviera mirando.
>

how to change the default web browser from epiphany to iceweasel?
 

thank you. do you have any IM so that i can add you into my debian group?

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Jaime Tarrant
<jaime.tarrant.l@tarsysco.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Oct 2008, Star Liu wrote:
>
>> as the title. everytime when i click a link in pidgin, it opens
>> epiphany, but i usually use iceweseal, how to change the behavior of
>> pidgin and other applications to use iceweseal as the default web
>> browser? thanks
>>
>
> I tend to set this using:
>
> update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
>
> This will show a numbered list of installed browsers, from which you can
> select the number corresponding to your desired web browser. From memory, you
> need to run this as root.
>
> Although, as others have pointed out, some apps hold app specific settings,
> thus they might also need to be changed.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Jaime
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Star Liu wrote:
> thank you. do you have any IM so that i can add you into my debian group?
>
Hi Star,

You've already added me, but as Andrei points out the IRC is a very
consistent place to find support/kill time.

Kind Regards


Rich Healey

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