[texworks] what is a default browser?

[Stefan Löffler]

Hi,

On 2011-07-15 09:46, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
>> So, you probably know better how to configure these tools than I do, but
>> it should get you started in the right direction :).
> No, I don't know so well how to configure these tools
> but I'll check how I can do later.

It would seem that xdg-open is a shell script. If a Gnome, KDE, XFCE, or
lxde is running, it delegates to their respective programs
(gvfs-open/gnome-open, kde-open/kfmclient, exo-open, pcmanfm).
Also note that if BROWSER is not set, it sets it to
BROWSER=x-www-browser:firefox:mozilla:epiphany:konqueror:chromium-browser:google-chrome:links2:links:lynx:w3m

(not sure if this is persistent, though). In my case, x-www-browser
points to /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser, but this is ignored (GNOME
probably handles things differently).

Note that all this is naturally specific to my system (Ubuntu 11.04),
other installations may have other files, values, etc.

HTH
Stefan