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xfce:exo:4.14:preferred-applications [2019/08/16 00:52] – created kevinbowenxfce:exo:4.14:preferred-applications [2019/08/18 08:37] (current) – kevinbowen
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 The first tab of the Preferred Applications window allows you to select your default Web Browser and Mail Reader. The Web Browser will be used to open hyperlinks that you click on and to display the documentation, whereas the Mail Reader will be used to compose emails when you click on email addresses, for instance on a website. The first tab of the Preferred Applications window allows you to select your default Web Browser and Mail Reader. The Web Browser will be used to open hyperlinks that you click on and to display the documentation, whereas the Mail Reader will be used to compose emails when you click on email addresses, for instance on a website.
  
-<figure "Preferred Internet applications">{{:xfce:exo:preferred_applications.png?nolink&|}}</figure>+<figure "Preferred Internet applications">{{:xfce:exo:4.14:preferred_applications.png?nolink&|}}</figure>
  
 To select a different web browser to be used for opening links, click the drop-down menu in the {gui>Web Browser} section, and choose your desired browser from the list of web browsers that are detected. To select a different web browser to be used for opening links, click the drop-down menu in the {gui>Web Browser} section, and choose your desired browser from the list of web browsers that are detected.
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 If the browser you are looking for is not automatically detected by the system, you can select {gui>Other...} from the drop-down menu and a dialog will appear asking you to enter the command to execute the custom browser, as shown below.  If the browser you are looking for is not automatically detected by the system, you can select {gui>Other...} from the drop-down menu and a dialog will appear asking you to enter the command to execute the custom browser, as shown below. 
  
-<figure "Specify a custom Web Browser">{{:xfce:exo:custom_apps.png?nolink&|}}</figure>+<figure "Specify a custom Web Browser">{{:xfce:exo:4.14:custom_apps.png?nolink&|}}</figure>
  
 The ''"%s"'' in the command will be substituted with the URL when you click on a hyperlink.  The ''"%s"'' in the command will be substituted with the URL when you click on a hyperlink. 
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 The second tab of the Preferred Applications window allows you to select your default File Manager and Terminal Emulator. The File Manager will be used throughout the system to open folders to browse files, and the preferred Terminal Emulator will be used to run scripts and launch applications that need to be run in a CLI environment. The second tab of the Preferred Applications window allows you to select your default File Manager and Terminal Emulator. The File Manager will be used throughout the system to open folders to browse files, and the preferred Terminal Emulator will be used to run scripts and launch applications that need to be run in a CLI environment.
  
-<figure "Preferred utility applications">{{{:xfce:exo:preferred_applications_2.png?nolink&|}}}</figure>+<figure "Preferred utility applications">{{{:xfce:exo:4.14:preferred_applications_2.png?nolink&|}}}</figure>
  
 For custom terminal commands, the ''"%s"'' in the command will be substituted with the application to run. Otherwise, the same rules apply as described in the section above. For custom terminal commands, the ''"%s"'' in the command will be substituted with the application to run. Otherwise, the same rules apply as described in the section above.