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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
+ xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
+ xmlns:if="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/if/"
+ type="topic" id="default-browser">
+
+ <info>
+ <desc>Opening links from an email in a browser and opening the mail composer from an email link on a website.</desc>
+
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#common-other-problems" />
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.8.3" version="0.8" date="2013-07-19" status="final"/>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
+ <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+
+ </info>
+
+<title>Opening links in and from the web browser</title>
+
+<!-- For GNOME2 the steps are to define the gconf keys /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http and /https -->
+
+<section id="browser-to-use">
+<title>Change which web browser websites are opened in</title>
+
+<if:choose>
+ <if:when test="!platform:gnome-shell !platform:gnome-classic !platform:unity">
+<p>In case you use Evolution under a different environment from GNOME,</p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Open a terminal application.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+<p>Find out the name of the <cmd>.desktop</cmd> file for your preferred browser. Depending on your browser and distribution, the file might be called for example <cmd>epiphany.desktop</cmd>, <cmd>firefox.desktop</cmd>, <cmd>google-chrome.desktop</cmd>, <cmd>konqbrowser.desktop</cmd>, or <cmd>opera-browser.desktop</cmd>. If you are unsure you can look up most <cmd>.desktop</cmd> files in the folder <cmd>/usr/share/applications/</cmd>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Type this command, replace <cmd>browser.desktop</cmd> by the actual filename, and press <key>Enter</key>:</p>
+ <p><cmd its:translate="no">
+ xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler https browser.desktop
+ </cmd></p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Type this command, replace <cmd>browser.desktop</cmd> by the actual filename, and press <key>Enter</key>:</p>
+ <p><cmd its:translate="no">
+ xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler http browser.desktop
+ </cmd></p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Evolution may need to be restarted for the settings to take effect.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+<note style="tip">
+ <p>If the error message "xdg-settings: command not found" is shown, you need to install the package <sys>xdg-utils</sys>.</p>
+ <if:choose xmlns:if="http://projectmallard.org/if/1.0/">
+ <if:when test="action:install">
+ <p><link action="install:xdg-utils" style="button">Install xdg-utils</link></p>
+ </if:when>
+ </if:choose>
+</note>
+ </if:when>
+<p>Please see <link href="help:gnome-help/net-default-browser">the GNOME Desktop Help</link>.</p>
+
+<p>If the preferred browser is set as default application but still does not work correctly please contact your distribution via their forum or bug tracker.</p>
+
+<note style="tip">
+ <p>If the error message "Could not open the link: Operation not supported" is shown, you need to install the package <sys>gvfs</sys>.</p>
+ <if:choose xmlns:if="http://projectmallard.org/if/1.0/">
+ <if:when test="action:install">
+ <p><link action="install:gvfs" href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gvfs/" style="button">Install gvfs</link></p>
+ </if:when>
+ </if:choose>
+</note>
+</if:choose>
+</section>
+
+
+<section id="email-application-to-use">
+<title>Change which mail application is used to write emails</title>
+
+<p>Please see <link href="help:gnome-help/net-default-email">the GNOME Desktop Help</link>.</p>
+
+</section>
+
+<section id="advanced-options">
+<title>Advanced options</title>
+<note style="advanced"><p>If you have a technical background you can also tweak these settings by defining scheme-handlers in <file>$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list</file>.</p></note>
+</section>
+
+</page>