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Re: Command Line (was Re: a dumb query? pls humor me)



On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 02:15:41PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 11:02 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > check out update-alternatives in order to change that... I think.
> > 
> >     Only if ya want the change system wide.  Easier to just set the variable
> > in your shell's login script.
> > 
> >     Related dumb question, is there a gui tool for setting alternatives?  As
> > nice as it is I so rarely deal with it every time I have to install a new
> > Debian (or dirivative) machine it takes me a good Google search to figure out
> > how to tell Thunderbird I really want to use Firefox as my browser.  :(
> 
> In GNOME it is "Preferred Applications".
> 
> In XFCEv4.4 it is "Preferred Applications".

I don't know about gnome, but in xfce it does not affect the debian
alternatives system.

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