Idea about generic command framework for launching common applications

[Darren Fulton]

Thank you for your response.  A regular user can configure his 
alternatives using --admindir and
--altdir, assuming the links are placed in a directory in the user's 
PATH that he or she can write files. Here is an example:

alternatives --install $HOME/bin/email-client email-client 
/usr/bin/xdg-email 100 --admindir $HOME/.alternatives/ --altdir 
$HOME/.alternatives/


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Thank you,

Darren Fulton


Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le dimanche 16 novembre 2008 à 18:55 -0600, Darren Fulton a écrit :
>   
>> Thank you for your response.   The alternatives system is a good way to
>> go I think. 
>>     
>
> It's not – it uses the same settings for every user of the system
>