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xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
xmlns:if="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/if/"
type="topic" id="default-browser">
<info>
<desc>Opening links from an email in a browser and opening the mail composer from an email link on a website.</desc>
<link type="guide" xref="index#common-other-problems" />
<revision pkgversion="3.8.3" version="0.8" date="2013-07-19" status="final"/>
<credit type="author">
<name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
<email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>Opening links in and from the web browser</title>
<!-- For GNOME2 the steps are to define the gconf keys /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http and /https -->
<section id="browser-to-use">
<title>Change which web browser websites are opened in</title>
<if:choose>
<if:when test="!platform:gnome-shell !platform:gnome-classic !platform:unity">
<p>In case you use Evolution under a different environment from GNOME,</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open a terminal application.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Find out the name of the <cmd>.desktop</cmd> file for your preferred browser. Depending on your browser and distribution, the file might be called for example <cmd>epiphany.desktop</cmd>, <cmd>firefox.desktop</cmd>, <cmd>google-chrome.desktop</cmd>, <cmd>konqbrowser.desktop</cmd>, or <cmd>opera-browser.desktop</cmd>. If you are unsure you can look up most <cmd>.desktop</cmd> files in the folder <cmd>/usr/share/applications/</cmd>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Type this command, replace <cmd>browser.desktop</cmd> by the actual filename, and press <key>Enter</key>:</p>
<p><cmd its:translate="no">
xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler https browser.desktop
</cmd></p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Type this command, replace <cmd>browser.desktop</cmd> by the actual filename, and press <key>Enter</key>:</p>
<p><cmd its:translate="no">
xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler http browser.desktop
</cmd></p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Evolution may need to be restarted for the settings to take effect.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="tip">
<p>If the error message "xdg-settings: command not found" is shown, you need to install the package <sys>xdg-utils</sys>.</p>
<if:choose xmlns:if="http://projectmallard.org/if/1.0/">
<if:when test="action:install">
<p><link action="install:xdg-utils" style="button">Install xdg-utils</link></p>
</if:when>
</if:choose>
</note>
</if:when>
<p>Please see <link href="help:gnome-help/net-default-browser">the GNOME Desktop Help</link>.</p>
<p>If the preferred browser is set as default application but still does not work correctly please contact your distribution via their forum or bug tracker.</p>
<note style="tip">
<p>If the error message "Could not open the link: Operation not supported" is shown, you need to install the package <sys>gvfs</sys>.</p>
<if:choose xmlns:if="http://projectmallard.org/if/1.0/">
<if:when test="action:install">
<p><link action="install:gvfs" href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gvfs/" style="button">Install gvfs</link></p>
</if:when>
</if:choose>
</note>
</if:choose>
</section>
<section id="email-application-to-use">
<title>Change which mail application is used to write emails</title>
<p>Please see <link href="help:gnome-help/net-default-email">the GNOME Desktop Help</link>.</p>
</section>
<section id="advanced-options">
<title>Advanced options</title>
<note style="advanced"><p>If you have a technical background you can also tweak these settings by defining scheme-handlers in <file>$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list</file>.</p></note>
</section>
</page>
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