Evolution (again)

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 16 March 2008, Ric Moore wrote:
>On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 20:10 +0200, Sur wrote:
>> * Gene Heskett wrote, On 03/16/2008 05:48 PM:
>> > On Sunday 16 March 2008, Sur wrote:
>> >> * Gene Heskett wrote, On 03/16/2008 07:14 AM:
>> >>> On Sunday 16 March 2008, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> >>>> On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 23:23 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> >>>>> Greetings all;
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> How do I go about making FF3b4 use kmail for its default email agent
>> >>>>> when the link clicked on is of the form "mailto: name at FQDN"?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I did have it using kmail (I use only kde), but some update seems to
>> >>>>> have undone me and I can't find any mention of Evolution in the
>> >>>>> control center settings, nor in FF's about:config.  I can't just
>> >>>>> remove evolution as it takes aabout 500 megs worth of other stuff I
>> >>>>> do use with it & that sucks a very high vacuum IMO.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I've been looking for it for about 2 hours now.  Somebody please
>> >>>>> throw me a lifesaver...
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Gnome Control Center->Preferred Applications->Mail Reader. Note that
>> >>>> it has nothing to do with FF as such; it's a desktop setting.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> poc
>> >>>
>> >>> As I said, I'm running kde, and there is no such thing in its control
>> >>> center. In "control center->kde components->Email client" screen, the
>> >>> use kmail button is checked.  For FF3b4, no effect.
>> >>
>> >> $ sudo yum install gconf-editor
>> >> $ gconf-editor /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto/command
>> >
>> > In my case it was in Settings-->Preferred Applications.  One menu item
>> > in 2 screens full.
>>
>> Well, you do have Gnome (and its control-center) installed then.
>> Menus get polluted when you install multiple desktops, you need to deal
>> with that.
>> What you did was simply what the previous poster suggested.
>
>Why configure KDE with a Gnome app?? That's pollution, for sure.

You are being too nice Ric, now stop that.

>If I 
>could, I'd remove Gnome. A previous email to this list mentioned that
>you couldn't even change your mouse pointer in Gnome. My Gawd! What have
>we done! Did someone just up and decide that one mouse pointer serves
>all?? I have many choices of mouse pointers with KDE. Sorry, but that's
>the way it is, and why I use it. Ric
>
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