Preferred Applications
Use the Preferred
Applications preference tool to specify the applications that
you want the GNOME Desktop to use when the GNOME Desktop starts an application
for you. For example, you can specify Xterm as
your preferred terminal application. When you open the
menu then choose , Xterm starts.
You can customize the preferences for the Preferred Applications preference tool in the following functional areas.
Web Browser
Mail Reader
Text Editor
Terminal
Use the Web Browser
tabbed section to configure your preferred web browser. The preferred web
browser opens when you click on a URL. For example, the preferred web browser
opens when you select a URL in an application, or when you select a URL launcher
on the desktop.
Table 8.13, “Preferred Web Browser Preferences” lists the preferred web browser
preferences that you can modify.
Table 8.13. Preferred Web Browser Preferences
Dialog Element |
Description |
Select a Web Browser
|
Select this option if you want to use a standard
web browser. Use the drop-down combination box to select your preferred web
browser. |
Custom Web Browser
|
Select this option if you want to use a custom
web browser. |
Command
|
Enter the command to execute to start the custom web browser.
To enable the browser to display a URL that you click on, include "%s" after the command. |
Start in Terminal
|
Select this option to run the command in a terminal
window. Select this option for a browser that does not create a window in
which to run. |
Use the Mail Reader
tabbed section to configure your preferred email client.
Table 8.14, “Preferred Email Client Preferences” lists the preferred email
client preferences that you can modify.
Table 8.14. Preferred Email Client Preferences
Dialog Element |
Description |
Select a Mail Reader
|
Select this option if you want to use a standard
email client. Use the drop-down combination box to select your preferred email
client. |
Custom Mail Reader
|
Select this option if you want to use a custom
email client. |
Command
|
Enter the command to execute to start the custom email
client. |
Start in Terminal
|
Select this option to run the command in a terminal
window. Select this option for an email client that does not create a window
in which to run. |
Use the Text Editor
tabbed section to configure your preferred text editor.
Table 8.15, “Preferred Text Editor Preferences” lists the preferred text editor preferences
that you can modify.
Table 8.15. Preferred Text Editor Preferences
Dialog Element |
Description |
Select an Editor
|
Select this option if you want to use a standard
text editor. Use the drop-down combination box to specify your preferred text
editor. |
Custom Editor
|
Select this option if you want to use a custom
text editor. A Custom Editor Properties dialog is displayed.
Name: Type the name of the custom text
editor. Command: Enter the command to start the
custom text editor. This application can open multiple files:
Select this option if the default text editor can open multiple files. This application needs to be run in a shell:
Select this option to run the command in a terminal window. Select this option
for an editor that does not create a window in which to run. After you specify a custom text editor, you can click
on the Properties button to display the Custom Editor Properties dialog. You can use the dialog to modify
the properties of the custom text editor.
|
Use this editor to open text files in the file manager
|
Select
this option if you want the file manager to start the custom text editor to
display text files. |
Use the Terminal tabbed section
to configure your preferred terminal.
Table 8.16, “Preferred Terminal Preferences” lists the preferred terminal
preferences that you can modify.
Table 8.16. Preferred Terminal Preferences
Dialog Element |
Description |
Select a Terminal
|
Select this option if you want to use a standard
terminal. Use the drop-down combination box to specify your preferred terminal. |
Custom Terminal
|
Select this option if you want to use a custom
terminal. |
Command
|
Enter the command to execute to start the custom terminal. |
Exec Flag
|
Enter the exec option to use with the
command. |
