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- | As of Xfce 4.3, the **Preferred Applications** framework can be used to easily manage default applications used for various services. This includes selecting the default application to be used as a web browser, mail reader, file manager and terminal emulator. | + | ====== Preferred Applications ====== |
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+ | Since xfce4-settings 4.15.1 preferred applications have been moved from exo to xfce4-settings. Please refer to the [[xfce: | ||
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- | ===== Usage ===== | ||
- | You can access the application by clicking on the **Preferred Applications** button in the [[: | ||
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- | The following application typss are supported by '' | ||
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- | * WebBrowser | ||
- | * MailReader | ||
- | * FileManager | ||
- | * TerminalEmulator - The preferred Terminal Emulator. | ||
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- | ===== Internet ===== | ||
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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, | ||
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- | 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> | ||
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- | The ''" | ||
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- | <note tip>When running just the preferred Web Browser without any URL, i.e. using '' | ||
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- | ===== Utilities ===== | ||
- | 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. | ||
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- | For custom terminal commands, the ''" | ||
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- | ===== Command-line Options | + | ====== exo-open ====== |
A simple command line front-end to the Preferred Applications framework is included, called '' | A simple command line front-end to the Preferred Applications framework is included, called '' |