setting default program for mailto handler

[Marco Moock]

Hello!

What is the proper way to set default programs for mailto: and similar
handlers in Slackware?

[Thomas Zajic]

Post by Marco Moock
What is the proper way to set default programs for mailto: and similar
handlers in Slackware?

Either use your DE's "Select Default Applications" mechanism (in XFCE it's
Applications => Settings => Default Applications, in GNOME it's Settings =>
Apps => Default Apps, dunno about KDE), or use xdg-mime & xdg-settings
(both from the xdg-utils package) on the CLI.

HTH
Thomas

[Marco Moock]

Post by Thomas Zajic

Post by Marco Moock
What is the proper way to set default programs for mailto: and
similar handlers in Slackware?

Either use your DE's "Select Default Applications" mechanism (in XFCE
it's Applications => Settings => Default Applications, in GNOME it's
Settings => Apps => Default Apps, dunno about KDE), or use xdg-mime &
xdg-settings (both from the xdg-utils package) on the CLI.

Thanks!

m[~]$ xdg-mime query default 'x-scheme-handler/mailto'
userapp-SeaMonkey-CRL0Q2.desktop
m[~]$ xdg-mime default claws-mail.desktop 'x-scheme-handler/mailto'
m[~]$ xdg-mime query default 'x-scheme-handler/mailto'
claws-mail.desktop
m[~]$

[noel]

Post by Marco Moock
Hello!
What is the proper way to set default programs for mailto: and similar
handlers in Slackware?

KDE (taskbar button) -> system settings -> default applications -> Email
client

[Alexander Grotewohl]

Post by Marco Moock
Hello!
What is the proper way to set default programs for mailto: and similar
handlers in Slackware?

For completeness I guess, in Firefox, turn on the File menu, click File,
then "Email link..." and that should pick up the web handlers that might
bypass the OS ones..

[Marco Moock]

Post by Alexander Grotewohl

Post by Marco Moock
Hello!
What is the proper way to set default programs for mailto: and
similar handlers in Slackware?

For completeness I guess, in Firefox, turn on the File menu, click
File, then "Email link..." and that should pick up the web handlers
that might bypass the OS ones..

I don't use FF. Although, Pale Moon also includes that feature and it
uses the program set by xdg.