-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 � wrote: > Wei Chen wchenhk-at-gmail.com |volatile-lists| wrote: >> We now have system level `update-alternatives' mechanism that can be >> used by root to maintain symbol links in `/etc/alternatives'. Is it >> useful/interesting to extend its use to user level, i.e. to maintain >> similar symbol links in `~/bin' or something like `~/bin/alternatives'? >> Or does that already exist? I personally think it can be useful, because >> I currently do that manually. > > I'm sorry I don't know the answer to whether something like this exists > already, but I've gotta say I wondered the exact same thing yesterday, > when I changed my default x-www-browser from konqueror to firefox. > > I second that this would be interesting. > > Peter >
I don't know about other WMs but KDE lets users set some default applications. Control Center > KDE Components > Component Chooser Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGKMY8iXBCVWpc5J4RAtqcAJ9aH8a7ud6byVTAzlw2JlADuv5ERQCgooJ8 qgRde+2/OrGVl+gd6gSf6KQ= =lT+n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
