1 Mar 06:48
Re: Proposed change to default web browser for HTML files
Marcel Dejean <doodle777 <at> gmail.com>
2009-03-01 05:48:23 GMT
2009-03-01 05:48:23 GMT
A far better choice than both would be x-www-browser, this way most people don't even have to change it. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Doug <dsdarrow <at> sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > On Feb 24, 6:18 pm, phayz <russelldicken...@gmail.com> wrote: >> In the html.properties file is the following text - >> >> if PLAT_GTK >> command.go.$(file.patterns.web)=firefox "file://$(FilePath)" >> >> In case it's not already obvious, "netscape" is to be replaced with >> "firefox". > I assume you're using Linux, since you are posting about netscape > under GTK. I have it open a text browser window. I use elinks but Lynx > or even Linux's default w3m will do. Here's the line from my > User .profile that does the trick: > > command.scite.help=gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=Black-white -- > command 'elinks $(SciteDefaultHome)/SciTEDoc.html' > > What this does is open a separate gnome-terminal window (obviously) > with elinks running and showing SciTEDoc.html. The window opens very > quickly and stays open to allow for searching and following any links > you might care to follow until you exit the browser, at which time the > window disappears silently withou a complaint. The big complaint I had > using FireFox was how long it took to open and then how much screen(Continue reading)
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