To access the Preferred Applications preference tool, click Launch, then choose Preferences -> Desktop Preferences -> Preferred Applications.
Use the Preferred Applications
preference
tool to specify the applications that you want the Java Desktop System to
use when the preferred application starts. For example, you can specify Xterm
as your preferred terminal application. When you click Launch, then choose Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal, Xterm
starts.
You can customize the preferences for the Preferred Applications
preference tool in the following functional areas:
Web Browser
Mail Reader
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 background.
Table 7–30 lists the preferred web browser preferences that you can modify.
Table 7–30 Preferred Web Browser Preferences
Dialog Element |
Description |
---|---|
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 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 Mail Reader
tabbed section to configure your preferred email client.
Table 7–31 lists the preferred email client preferences that you can modify.
Table 7–31 Preferred Email Client Preferences
Dialog Element |
Description |
---|---|
Select a Mail Reader |
Select this option if you want to use a standard email client. Use the drop-down combination box to select your preferred email client. |
Custom Mail Reader |
Select this option if you want to use a custom email client. |
Command |
Enter the command to start the custom email client. |
Start in Terminal |
Select this option to run the command in a terminal window. Select this option for an email client that does not create a window in which to run. |
Use the Text Editor
tabbed section to configure your preferred text editor.
Table 7–32 lists the preferred text editor preferences that you can modify.
Table 7–32 Preferred Text Editor Preferences
Use the Terminal
tabbed section
to configure your preferred terminal.
Table 7–33 lists the preferred terminal preferences that you can modify.
Table 7–33 Preferred Terminal Preferences
Dialog Element |
Description |
---|---|
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 application. |
Custom Terminal |
Select this option if you want to use a custom terminal application. |
Command |
Enter the command to start the custom terminal. |
Exec Flag |
Enter the exec option to use with the command application. |