On Sunday 10 January 2016 17:16:37 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings list; > > > > iceweasel seems to have gone to the dogs with all the libssl updates > > as they try to sort the latest exploit. > > > > So I am driven to konqueror, which usually works, but when clicking > > on a link to follow in kmail, kmail seems to be passing konqueror a > > link to the display buffer in /var/tmp, as opposed to just passing > > the text link I clicked on. > > > > It does work ok if I slide the mouse highlight the link, switch to > > the konqueror screen, and middle click paste it into the address bar > > of konqueror. > > > > Am I the only one with this problem? Lisi seems to think so. > > > > Also, and it took a while to find this, the TDE default applications > > menu, and the default applications database konqueror uses, seems to > > be two separate databases, which was very confusing because I could > > be looking at konqueror, clicking on a sublink to try and locate a > > download or docs directory on some external site, and konqueror was > > passing it to iceweasel! Perhaps this explains why trying to change > > the "default" application in KDE, and not having it take effect > > until a root session, editing something in /etc/kde was also done. > > That was a PITA. > > > > Maybe a bug/feature request is in order? > > Hi Gene, > there are two parts here. > > The default application in TDE Control Center is to set what you would > use as HTML reader. This means you can get off konqueror (default) and > use something else (firefox, chrom, etc) > > The other one is the file association (mime). > Here you have also two parts - one is in konqueror (TDE) and the other > is firefox/iceweasel. > > I had the reverse of the problem recently, when I was trying to open a > link or a file (mainly from skype) it was using firefox instead > konqueror. > > When I had to install chrome for testing purposes I had to rearrange > the alternatives (took me some time to read the docs and set it > properly). > > I'm not sue where exactly you should check, but could be a good idea > to go through that. > > When you go to the Control Center -> Components -> Standard App Standard App? How about default app? In any event, a huge swath of that database is missing! I'd estimate 95% of the entries have no defined alias to hand the data off to. And I have not nuked it. So what file would I "reinstall" in order to restore the so-called defaults for all that stuff? Thanks for the hint! > you have the option (web browser) to select opening of http/https with > different programs depending on the content and format. > > Is this selected for you or the other option below where it says which > external app you want to use? > > regards > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read > list messages on the web archive: > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to > top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>