Evolution Mail Browser Links

[vwgtiturbo]

Okie dokie... I went into the control center and set my default browser to be opera. Any html, htm, etc. files open with opera when I click them. However, if I receive an email through Evolution that has a URL on it, it will open with Mozilla. I can't find any option to change this. Has anyone had this problem and been able to solve it? Thanks.

[gaxprels]

I found the following on a mailing list archive for the evolution mailing lists... hope this helps...

> > How do I make Firebird my default browser while using Evolution?
> >
> > Once again, the most requested FAQ... ;-)
> >
> > Adjust the Command to launch Firebird. I never tried it, but I assume
> > even adjusting the script to use Firebird should be easy.
> >
> > ...guenther
> >
> >
> > Evolution 1.4 / Gnome 2.x
> > -------------------------
> >
> > Open the "Gnome Control Center" > Preferred Applications > Web Browser
> > or simply run:
> > # gnome-default-applications-properties
>
>
> dwarf# gnome-default-applications-properties
> gnome-default-applications-properties: Command not found.
>
> Isn't there a config file I can edit?

You will need GConf (and the gcond daemon running) to set this.

If you do not have the Gnome Control Center installed, there is a way to
set this using GConf directly:


See, which values are stored in that sub-tree. Save the output to a
file, so you can revert to those settings!

$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/unknown
command = mozilla %s
need-terminal = false
enabled = true


Now, this should enter all those values (at least, they work for me):

$ gconftool-2 --set --type=string /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/unknown/command 'mozilla
%s'
$ gconftool-2 --set --type=bool /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/unknown/need-terminal false
$ gconftool-2 --set --type=bool /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/unknown/enabled true


As you want Firebird rather than Mozilla, adjust the above command.


> I am running FreeBSD if it matters. I also checked the FAQ's at Ximian
> and that was not one of them.

Yep. This is the most requested FAQ on this mailing list...

...guenther