Use the Preferred
Applications
preference tool to specify the applications that
you want the GNOME Desktop to use when the GNOME Desktop starts an application
for you. For example, you can specify Xterm
as
your preferred terminal application. When you open the Desktop
menu then choose New Terminal, Xterm
starts.
You can customize the settings for the Preferred Applications
preference tool in the following functional areas.
Web Browser
Text Editor
Terminal
Use the Web Browser
tabbed section to configure your preferred web browser. The preferred web
browser opens when you click on a URL. For example, the preferred web browser
opens when you select a URL in an application, or when you select a URL launcher
on the desktop.
Table 10–16 lists the preferred web browser settings that you can configure.
Table 10–16 Settings for Preferred Web Browser
Option |
Function |
---|---|
Select a Web Browser |
Select this option if you want to use a standard web browser. Use the drop-down combination box to select your preferred web browser. |
Custom Web Browser |
Select this option if you want to use a custom web browser. |
Command |
Enter the command to execute to start the custom web browser. To enable the browser to display a URL that you click on, include “%s” after the command. |
Start in Terminal |
Select this option to run the command in a terminal window. Select this option for a browser that does not create a window in which to run. |
Use the Text Editor
tabbed section to configure your preferred text editor.
Table 10–17 lists the preferred text editor settings that you can configure.
Table 10–17 Settings for Preferred Text Editor
Use the Terminal
tabbed section
to configure your preferred terminal.
Table 10–18 lists the preferred terminal settings that you can configure.
Table 10–18 Settings for Preferred Terminal
Option |
Function |
---|---|
Select a Terminal |
Select this option if you want to use a standard terminal. Use the drop-down combination box to specify your preferred terminal. |
Custom Terminal |
Select this option if you want to use a custom terminal. |
Command |
Enter the command to execute to start the custom terminal. |
Exec Flag |
Enter the exec option to use with the command. |