RE: Re: Making a new browser the default

["Otto Haliburton" <ottohaliburton comcast net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com [mailto:redhat-install-list-
> admin redhat com] On Behalf Of Bob McClure Jr
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:44 PM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Re: Making a new browser the default
> 
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 09:18:50PM -0500, brynjarr bellsouth net wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > From: Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>
> > > Date: 2003/12/30 Tue PM 06:26:51 EST
> > > To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> > > Subject: Re: Making a new browser the default
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 12:12:52PM -0500, brynjarr bellsouth net
> wrote:
> > > > My Mozilla recently failed with an error message that says "No XBL
> > > > binding for the window" or something like that...
> > > >
> > > > This prompted me to move on and adopt Firebird as my browser, my
> > > > question is how do I set it as the default browser in my system.
> > > >
> > > > Red Hat 9, and such.
> > >
> > > Not sure what you mean by "default browser".  If you mean for viewing
> > > HTML mail attachments, look in your ~/.mailcap for an entry such as
> > > mine:
> >
> > By default browser i mean: The browser that will open when i click a
> > link in AIM, or a program help file etc.
> 
> A "well-behaved" program should rely on the mailcap entry, especially
> mail programs, but check in your "Preferences" for each program to see
> if there is a way to select what it calls on to render URLs.
> 
> > I'm trying to change it from plain 'ol mozilla (which is broken and
> > i was looking for an excuse to switch anyway) to Mozilla
> > Firebird. So that becomes the default HTML/URL browser program.
> 
> If all that comes to naught, let us know.  Either someone else will
> have a better solution, or I can divulge an ugly dodge I dasn't admit
> I'd ever use.
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
> robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.bobcatos.com
> The best things in life aren't things.
> 
> 
I may be wrong but I think you do it with the profile.  Look under
tools->switch profile.  I might be wrong though.