gaim browser / default browser question

hildog · 09-26-2003, 04:25 PM

I just started using gaim, and have been using the Mozilla Firebird browser as much as possible...however when I receive links in an instant message, it always opens them using the Mozilla browser. When I look in the gaim preferences, it allows me to specify either Mozilla, Konqueror, or Manual...if I select Manual, I have to enter something in the box below which says something to the effect of:

Manual: htmlview %s
(%s for URL)

I would like to 1) change this gaim preference to use Firebird instead of Mozilla and 2) find out if there is a way to globally make Firebird the default browser...so that, for example, links from emails in Evolution when I open are opened in Firebird, and when I use the Run command to open URLs they are also opened in Firebird.

Thymox · 10-03-2003, 08:04 AM

I do not believe that there is a 'use browser X as my default browser for everything', however, you could try cheating! If you find out where the mozilla executable it (/usr/local/bin perhaps?), and (as root) rename it to something else, and then make a symlink between your chosen browser and 'mozilla' then there is a chance that you can bypass having to customise all your apps to use firebird - they'll do it automatically thinking that it is Mozilla!

Code:

$su root enter root's password
#whereis mozilla
#cd wherever the above command says mozilla is
#mv mozilla mozilla.old
#whereis firebird
#ln -s wherever the above command says firebird is mozilla
#exit

Baldrick65 · 10-03-2003, 09:17 AM

Quote:

links from emails in Evolution when I open are opened in Firebird

OK, here's the deal to make this happen.

You need to edit the .gnome/Gnome file to change this behaviour. Here is my Gnome file:

Code:

[URL Handlers]
http-show=/usr/bin/mozfb "%s"

mozfb is a shell script to open Firebird, and if it's already open, it opens a new tab in the existing window. This is the script I use:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

/usr/local/MozillaFirebird061/MozillaFirebird -remote "openURL($@, new-tab)" ||
exec /usr/local/MozillaFirebird061/MozillaFirebird "$@";

Modify to your heart's content

Baldrick