[ILUG] KDE Default Browser...

Stephen Reilly stephen at hkc.ie
Thu Feb 24 10:27:01 GMT 2005


> Just to clarify, this isn't a window manager job.  The window 
> manager just manages windows.  Desktop environments like 
> Gnome and KDE are not window managers.  The default Gnome 
> window manager is Metacity and the default KDE window manager 
> is Kwin (or it was when I was a lad).
Apologies, misnomer, I meant environment.

> If an app isn't picking up your DE settings then the app is one of
> * not designed for that DE
> * crap
Doesn't change the fact that such applications abound and have to be
dealt with individually. Ergo if Kiall's definition of whether or not a
certain browser has been set as default is clicking on a link in (insert
appname here) and that browser opening then it bares mentioning.

Stephen



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