sensible-browser not using user's browser from gnome-default-applications-properties
Bug #69069 reported by
dhenry
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| debianutils (Debian) |
New
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Unknown
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| sensible-utils (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
sensible-browser does not use the preferred browser as specified in gnome-default-
I have selected Epiphany as my favorite browser, with openning links in new tab by default. So my default browser command is "epiphany --new-tab %s". sensible-browser only run "epiphany %s" (because of how it is designed currently, with simlinks).
A common problem for me is when I want to open a link from xchat, xchat calls sensible-browser and it runs a new epiphany window instead of opening it in my current window in a new tab.
A quick fix is to set the BROWSER environment variable to the browser command.
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| dhenry (tfc-duke) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in debianutils: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| Changed in debianutils (Debian): | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
| affects: | debianutils (Ubuntu) → sensible-utils (Ubuntu) |
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| Mikko Rantalainen (mira) wrote | #2 |
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An other quick fix is to add "gnome-open" with update-alternatives so that it will be called by sensible-browser:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
gnome-open should run the appropriate program given the url.