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saz
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 Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:43 pm Post subject: Chromium opens downloads in Firefox |
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Hi,
I've recently started using Chromium and when I try to open my downloads it opens them in Firefox  like a .pdf or even a .tar.
Is there a way I can tell Chromium which applications I want it to use?
Thanks
P.S. What PDF reader plugin is there for Chromium? |
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Letharion
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:47 pm Post subject: Re: Chromium opens downloads in Firefox |
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| saz wrote: | Hi,
I've recently started using Chromium and when I try to open my downloads it opens them in Firefox like a .pdf or even a .tar.
Is there a way I can tell Chromium which applications I want it to use?
Thanks
P.S. What PDF reader plugin is there for Chromium? |
I'm not sure, but I think this might be a DE setting. Check your gnome/kde/etc settings and see if you can find anything there.
Disclaimer: I don't know if the below is entirely correct.
I think Google partnered with Adobe so that Chrome has a built adobe reader. This may be a problem since this creates less interest in chromium plugins, and I assume the adobe reader plugin won't work on linux. |
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saz
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: Chromium opens downloads in Firefox |
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| Letharion wrote: | | I'm not sure, but I think this might be a DE setting. Check your gnome/kde/etc settings and see if you can find anything there. |
That's probably it, I use OpenBox, I did not have that problem with Firefox because it asked me how I wanted to open the files... Chromium probably just tries to use the "default" application...
I have no idea how to set default applications in OpenBox... I'll have to check on that.. |
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Gusar
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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There's been plenty of threads about this already. Chrome uses xdg-open to handle files. If you don't have a DE, install dev-perl/File-MimeInfo. Though I don't actually know how to configure which app opens what.
I use pcmanfm as file manager and use a replacement xdg-open, that I have saved in /usr/local/bin
| Code: | #!/bin/sh
[ -z "$1" ] && exit 1
if echo "${1}" | egrep -q "^(https?://|www.)"; then
firefox "${1}" &
exit
fi
pcmanfm "${1}" |
and then I simply use pcmanfm to configure file associations.
A somewhat off-topic note: I find it very interesting that every Chrome user has also Firefox installed. Cos the issue is always the same: "Chrome opens stuff in Firefox" |
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