I've also made the suggestion to LXQt to discontinue using `$BROWSER`
and instead using `xdg-settings` as I've shown how even though chromium
is unique in its robustness, there is still not a complete definition of
"default browser" (including dealing with file associations/mimetypes
and scheme han
** Description changed:
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install firefox
2. Set `BROWSER=firefox`
3. Open firefox and make sure it is the default browser
4. Install chromium-browser
5. Open chromium-browser and set it as the default browser
6. Click on a link or use `xdg-open URL`
EX
I will say, though, that there are many examples across various Linucies
(that's the plural, right? ☺) suggesting to use the BROWSER variable to change
the default browser. Case in point:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Environment_Variables#Default_programs
And I might add another point: i
** Description changed:
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
- 1. Install firefox
- 2. Set `BROWSER=firefox`
- 3. Open firefox and make sure it is the default browser
- 4. Install chromium-browser
- 5. Open chromium-browser and set it as the default browser
- 6. Click on a link or use `xdg-open URL`
+ 1. I
Not sure about opera, but IIRC firefox doesn't use xdg-settings to set
itself as the default browser.
chromium-browser relies on xdg-settings, which errors out when $BROWSER
is set, and that's apparently intentional. So the bug here seems to be
that $BROWSER is set in the first place. What purpose
** Description changed:
- Every time I launch the browser it suggests to be set as the default but if I
click on that button nothing will change: I'll get the suggestion the next time
I open Chromium, even if I reboot.
- Changing the default browser on configuration panel didn't solve the issue
> xdg-settings: $BROWSER is set and can't be changed with xdg-settings
That's some telling info right there.
Some things to note:
* In lxqt-config-session, in both Default Applications and Environment
(Advanced) there is an option to set the BROWSER variable. It is set to
firefox by default. It
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: lxqt-session (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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