Default web browser

[kk]

Sundar Dhanasekaran wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I had changed my default web browser from konqueror to firefox.  Still 
> when I click a link it keeps opening in konqueror. My default applcation 
> on System setting --> Default Application --> Web Browser shows for http 
> & https url use 'firefox'
> 
I copied the following from somewhere, I don't remember where:

Set the default X server web browser (not just the default KDE browser) 
with this command:

sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser

This will give you a numbered list of installed browsers in your system.
Choose the number of the browser you want to use as the default.

To get Firefox to pass mailto: links to Thunderbird, you can do the 
following:

enter about:config to the addressbar
set (or create) these key-value pairs:
network.protocol-handler.external.mailto (bool) = true
network.protocol-handler.app.mailto (string) = mozilla-thunderbird

> Also only few options like email client, web browser, IM, Terminal 
> Emulator are available for change in System setting --> Default 
> applications.  How do I change for the rest like associations with mp3, 
> pdf etc.

Start up konqueror, go to Settings --> Configure Konqueror, Click on 
File Associations.  This will give you a dialog where you can associate 
applications with file name patterns.

- Karl