On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:55:08 +0200 Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----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 Xfce has a Preferred Applications dialog box, but there are only choices for web browser, mail reader and terminal emulator. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
