Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-28 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 06:12:10PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Robert Holtzman wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > It definitely is not on mine. Not on Lenny, Squeeze, nor Sid. I just > > > double checked by doing the tests. Variable settings in .bashrc are > > > not available to GNOME. > > > > I

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Robert Holtzman wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > It definitely is not on mine. Not on Lenny, Squeeze, nor Sid. I just > > double checked by doing the tests. Variable settings in .bashrc are > > not available to GNOME. > > I have this in my .bashrc and they work with no problem: > > NNTPSERVER='n

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-27 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 08:07:02PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Robert Holtzman wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > AFAIK it is still true that unless you have taken special measures > > > (e.g. ~/.xsession) then the .bashrc environment will not be present to > > > the GNOME desktop. > > > > It sure

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-26 Thread Bob Proulx
Robert Holtzman wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > AFAIK it is still true that unless you have taken special measures > > (e.g. ~/.xsession) then the .bashrc environment will not be present to > > the GNOME desktop. > > It sure seems to be present out of the box on mine (Lenny and Squeeze). > In addi

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-26 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 10:29:43PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Steve Kleene wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:53:28PM +, I wrote: > > > > > From my command line, I tried > > > > > > BROWSER=/usr/bin/iceweasel export BROWSER > > > > > > but found that reading an html e-mail then brough

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-26 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 02:39:24AM +, Steve Kleene wrote: > > On 2011-07-26 00:43:30 GMT, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > > Try putting that line in .bashrc, log out and back in. Don't forget the > > "&&". > > I just did try that with the "&&", and I still got sensible-browser when I > used metam

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-26 Thread Bob Proulx
Steve Kleene wrote: > I should clarify that I am doing all of this from command lines under a > window manager (fvwm). When I call startx, the first xterm's settings come > from ~/.bash_login. But if I call more xterms from there, any settings in > ~/.bashrc override those. This was easily verif

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-26 Thread Steve Kleene
On 2011-07-26 00:43:30 GMT, Robert Holtzman wrote: > Try putting that line in .bashrc, log out and back in. Don't forget the > "&&". On 2011-07-26 02:39:24 GMT, I wrote: > I just did try that with the "&&", and I still got sensible-browser when I > used metamail. Maybe that's unexpected, but at

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-25 Thread Bob Proulx
Steve Kleene wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:53:28PM +, I wrote: > > > From my command line, I tried > > > > BROWSER=/usr/bin/iceweasel export BROWSER > > > > but found that reading an html e-mail then brought up both iceweasel and > > sensible-browser. I had no entry for html in ~/.m

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-25 Thread Steve Kleene
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:53:28PM +, I wrote: > From my command line, I tried > > BROWSER=/usr/bin/iceweasel export BROWSER > > but found that reading an html e-mail then brought up both iceweasel and > sensible-browser. I had no entry for html in ~/.mailcap, and /etc/mailcap > listed sens

Re: debian sensible browser help SOLVED

2011-07-25 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110725_140518, Steve Kleene wrote: > On 2011-07-25 02:24:59 GMT, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > How do I make debian offer google-chrome to gnome? I have > > checked all the places I know of. Where is sensible browser > > defined? > > You might check in /etc/mailcap for lines that begin with "te

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-25 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:53:28PM +, Steve Kleene wrote: > On 2011-07-25 19:14:48 GMT, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > > Anything wrong with putting the following line in .bashrc? > > > > BROWSER=/usr/bin/google-chrome && export BROWSER > > >From my command line, I tried > > BROWSER=/usr/bin/ic

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-25 Thread Steve Kleene
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 02:05:18PM +, I wrote: > You might check in /etc/mailcap for lines that begin with "text/html". I > prefer to have iceweasel called instead of sensible-browser, so I move the > line with sensible-browser to the end of mailcap. I often have to repeat > this procedure a

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-25 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 04:30:57PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 02:05:18PM +, Steve Kleene wrote: > > On 2011-07-25 02:24:59 GMT, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > > > How do I make debian offer google-chrome to gnome? I have > > > checked all the places I know of. Where is se

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-25 Thread Mark Grieveson
> How do I make debian offer google-chrome to gnome? I have checked all > the places I know of. Where is sensible browser defined? These are defined in the directory /etc/alternatives. For help, see the man page update-alternatives(8). Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@li

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-25 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 02:05:18PM +, Steve Kleene wrote: > On 2011-07-25 02:24:59 GMT, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > How do I make debian offer google-chrome to gnome? I have > > checked all the places I know of. Where is sensible browser > > defined? > > You might check in /etc/mailcap for lin

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-25 Thread CamaleĆ³n
On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:24:59 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > I am running squeeze w/ gnome desktop. I am attempting to use > google-chrome as my browser, but I also use Mutt as my MUA. Under some > situations, maybe always, but it is confusing, when I am presented with > an email containing HTML, I

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-25 Thread Steve Kleene
On 2011-07-25 02:24:59 GMT, Paul E Condon wrote: > How do I make debian offer google-chrome to gnome? I have > checked all the places I know of. Where is sensible browser > defined? You might check in /etc/mailcap for lines that begin with "text/html". I prefer to have iceweasel called instead o

Re: debian sensible browser help

2011-07-24 Thread Burhan Hanoglu
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > I am running squeeze w/ gnome desktop. I am attempting to use > google-chrome as my browser, but I also use Mutt as my MUA. > Under some situations, maybe always, but it is confusing, > when I am presented with an email containing HTML, I am

debian sensible browser help

2011-07-24 Thread Paul E Condon
I am running squeeze w/ gnome desktop. I am attempting to use google-chrome as my browser, but I also use Mutt as my MUA. Under some situations, maybe always, but it is confusing, when I am presented with an email containing HTML, I am but into Iceweasel rather than google-chrome. I had thought the