Re: icedove

[Rich Healey <healey.rich@gmail.com>]

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John Lindsay wrote:
> I have just switched over to Debian. I like it a lot better than
> openSuse and my wife likes it as well. In icedove, if i click on a url
> it opens up the default web browser. I would much prefer it to open up
> the Iceweasel browser which is my preferred browser. Where in icedove
> can I change it to open iceweasel?
> 
> thanks
> 
> John
> 
> 
Hi John,

This was actually just discussed on this list, but in the context of pidgin.

I'd suggest searching the archives, but since you're new and I'm in a
good mood:
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Diego Martínez Castañeda <n1mh@n1mh.org>
wrote:
> 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

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Jaime Tarrant
<jaime.tarrant.l@tarsysco.com> wrote:
> 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

Kind Regards, and happy Debian'ing

Rich

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