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Re: Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app

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On 2023-03-29 00:21, Max Nikulin wrote:
> Your description is too general, it lacks details. E.g. you did not 
> provide exact commands and their output that you use to check that 
> defaults are set properly.
> 
Max, though I queried several of the mime types (via "xdg-mime query 
default *****), the one I missed was "x-scheme-handler/webcal" which was 
still set to Evolution.

	"xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/webcal
org.gnome.Evolution.desktop"

> 
> In Firefox check application associations in preferences (settings).
>

I was able to change the application association in Firefox which 
allowed me to select the Thunderbird launch script in /usr/bin and then 
process the URL.

Chrome does not have the same capability as Firefox for application 
associations and relies on the system file associations.

> If you save link target to disk, can you open the downloaded file by 
> thunderbird directly and by xdg-open? What is MIME type reported by the 
> "file" utility?
> 
Yes, saving the file would have worked.

	file "appointments (4).ics"
	appointments (4).ics: vCalendar calendar file

> 
> Behavior might depend on your desktop environment.
> 

GNOME desktop.

> 
> It is hard to reason whether it should work without details what you 
> have added to this file.

These were queried (via xdg-mime) then added or changed in the files listed:

	text/calendar=thunderbird.desktop
	text/x-vcard=thunderbird.desktop
	application/mbox=thunderbird.desktop
	message/rfc822=thunderbird.desktop
	x-scheme-handler/mailto=thunderbird.desktop

> 
> Check entries related to evolution in this file and MIME types specified 
> in its .desktop file.
> 

I missed the x-scheme-handler/webcal mime type which was the root of my 
problem.

Thank you for the help and push to look closer.

-- 
Regards,

John Boxall

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Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> - 2023-03-29 00:10 +0200
  Re: Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-03-29 06:30 +0200
    Re: Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> - 2023-03-30 03:10 +0200
      Re: Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-03-30 05:20 +0200
        Re: Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> - 2023-03-31 19:30 +0200

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