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Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

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On 09/16/2016 06:19 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On 2016-09-16, Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> wrote:
>> On 09/16/2016 10:52 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
>>> (Is there a particular reason you replied to me privately, rather than
>>> to the mailing list?)
>>>
>>>> I should probably mention that I'm using chromium as my browser;
>>>> getting firefox or iceweasel to use icedove is like falling off a log
>>>> it's so easy. I had it working on the Jessie on an hdd that just died
>>>> on me (thankfully not until I'd downloaded and made an install disk
>>>> to install on the other hdd, which I'm using now.) But in my old age,
>>>> I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it
>>>> was with update-alternatives. I think I edited some config file
>>>> somewhere, but for the life of me, I can't recall where.
>>>
>>> A quick bit of Googling finds a discussion of a similar subject from a
>>> few years back:
>>>
>>> http://forums.bodhilinux.com/index.php?/topic/3063-solved-chromium-mailto-link-doesnt-open-on-thunderbird-xdg-email/
>>>
>> I haven't the slightest idea where to find
>> settings panel >default applications >email
>> As the forum thread doesn't say what settings panel where.
>> And I can't find anything in chrome://settings that corresponds to mail
>> or default applications.
>> nor is there anything in my systemmenu under settings for default
>> applications.
>> Perhaps the forum user was referring to something in the default wm
>> (mate or something?) which I don't use.
>> I'm using openbox with the fbpanel.
>
> openbox doesn't have a GUI for setting up the association you want.
> Instead, go to the file ~/.config/mimeapps.list (creating it if
> necessary) and add the following:
>
> [Added Associations]
> x-scheme-handler/mailto=icedove.desktop
>
> See the documentation[1] for more details.
>
> 1:
> https://standards.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/mime-apps-spec-1.0.1.html
>

I did this, and restarted openbox, and still get a terminal with mutt 
when I click a mailto: in chromium, but thanks for this,
I believe it's how I got it working on my prior jessie installation,
no idea why it isn't working on this one.

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update-alternatives, list alternatives? Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-16 16:20 +0200
  Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2016-09-16 16:40 +0200
    Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-16 17:00 +0200
      Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2016-09-16 17:10 +0200
      Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-09-16 17:50 +0200
      Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-09-17 00:30 +0200
        Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-17 01:00 +0200
          Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2016-09-17 01:30 +0200
          Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-09-17 04:40 +0200
    Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-16 21:20 +0200
      Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2016-09-16 23:10 +0200
        Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> - 2016-09-16 23:50 +0200
      Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2016-09-17 00:50 +0200
        Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-17 01:00 +0200
          Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> - 2016-09-17 01:10 +0200

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