[ooo-build] How to set default Internet browser in OOo

[espinosa_cz]

Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Monday 20 July 2009, espinosa_cz wrote:
>   
>> Hi guys,
>> One more question for today. How to set default internet browser - a
>> HTTP client - to be used by OOo.
>> When I click on URL link in text in Writer the page always opens in
>> Konqueror despite my default browser is Firefox.
>>     
>
> My OOo uses firefox on openSUSE-11.1 with KDE3.
>
>   
>> I have set my system (KDE 3.5.10, Mandriva 2009.1) correctly, html is
>> associated to Firefox even 'xdg-open http://go-oo.org' opens Firefox.
>> In UI, in Options, strangely there is option to select email client but
>> not browser, the HTTP client. Why?
>> I have ooo KDE integration installed but anyway it always should honor
>> what is set in my system.
>> So please what is the secret place where I can set this?
>>     
>
> OOo calls "kde-open" here. It is defined by the environment variable 
> DESKTOP_LAUNCH. It seems that kde-open calls kfmclient for html:// pages, ...
>
> I am not sure how it is set on your system.
>
>   
Command kde-open www.google.com opens the page in Firefox. I have just 
tested it.
Same result as with xdg-open.
DESKTOP_LAUNCH is not defined on my system.
Neither x-www-browser link in /usr/bin as Loiseleur Michel suggested.
I can give it a try tomorrow.

I have to confirm it also happens with Mandriva OOo 3.0.1 build so it is 
not go-oo or 3.1 specific.


There is even more annoyance with that:
- it always opens a new Konqueror window
- it resets some setting  in Konqueror. It resets them permanently. I 
always hide a bookmark toolbar in Konqueror but after is Konqueror open 
through OOo it is back and stays until I manually hide it again. Simple 
Konqueror restart does not help.

Many thanks
Jan