[Portland-bugs] [Bug 25967] [xdg-utils 1.0.2.20091216] [xdg-settings] refuses to run without DE

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25967


Lei Zhang <thestig at google.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Lei Zhang <thestig at google.com>  2010-01-27 12:08:11 PST ---
What desktop environment / window manager are you running?

The question is, if you're not using GNOME/KDE/XFCE, how should xdg-settings
get/set the default browser?

Maybe the answer depends on how xdg-open decides to handle http://url. With the
upstream version, it tries mime-open, run-mailcap, and $BROWSER. (Debian? /
Ubuntu patched their copy to behave differently) This would mean xdg-settings
have to know how to interact with mime-open, run-mailcap, and be able to set
$BROWSER if needed.

I guess I can take this bug, though it'll be a low priority item. If you really
want this fixed, patches are welcome. :)


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