[openbox] Chromium Browser - xdg issue

[Robert Orzanna]

So, when I use the xdg-open hack I would need my own xdg-open to
symlink to /usr/bin/xdg-open, right?

To the use of mimeo:

I already tried it but I couldn't figure out any ways to define a
working mimetype handling with it.

Can you give me an example?

Robert.

2011/9/26 Myra Nelson <myra.nelson at hughes.net>:
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 17:59, Robert Orzanna <orschiro at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> How must that local xdg-open script look like?
>>
>> But I'm still very unhappy with such a solution. I rather want to
>> understand why I encounter this problem of defining chromium-browser
>> as default browser with xdg.
>>
>> Robert.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Robert Orzanna
>> <orschiro at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I struggle for days to define Chromium properly as my default browser
>> > for xdg.
>> >
>> > The basic problem:
>> >
>> > xdg-open http://google.com opens a new chromium window.
>> >
>> > However, when I want to open links, say from zim
>> > (http://localhost:8080) or thunar-dropbox (view on dropbox site)
>> > nothing happens.
>> >
>> > I tried several things, created a defaults.list, exported the DE and
>> > BROWSER variable and configured exo-open but none of the things work.
>> >
>> > I discussed this problem also here [1] where you can find more
>> > information.
>> >
>> > Also I came across this mailing list post [2] where a similar problem
>> > was posted. However, adding export BROWSER=exo-open or
>> > chromium-browser did not change anything.
>> >
>> > I hope you guys can help me out. It is really frustrating.
>>
>> In the worst case you can make a script called xdg-open in your path,
>> that runs its parameters in chromium.
>>
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Robert.
>> >
>> > [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=993940#p993940
>> > [2] http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/nBRx34vvAo9stLyJY9lE
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> I noticed you've discussed the topic on the arch linux forums (I didn't read
> the forum thread) so I have some suggestions. If you're using Arch try
> installing mimeo ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32911 ) from
> the AUR. It allows one to set their defualt mime types in desktop files
> located in the  ~/.local/share/applications or ~/.local/share/mime folders
> in your home directory. xdg-open uses desktop configuration files stored in
> /usr/share/applications (at least on Arch) to determine which program to use
> for a specific mime type. For zim there is an options in the preferences
> dialog under applications to set up your file browser, web browser, email
> client, and text editor. It comes up showing xdg default but you can set the
> apllication you wish to use by clicking on the double arrow on the right
> side of each option. As for thunar and dropbox, you should be able to set a
> custom action by using the dialog under Edit; configure custom action
> dialog.
> As I said, I didn't read the forum thread, but the combination of mimeo and
> configure custom actions in thunar have taken care of my needs on Arch.
> Myra Nelson
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