10.5. Choosing Your Preferred Applications
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10.5. Choosing Your Preferred Applications

Use the Preferred Applications preference tool to specify the applications that you want the desktop to use when the desktop starts an application for you. For example, you can specify Xterm as your preferred terminal application. When you open the Desktop Background menu then choose New Terminal, Xterm starts.

You can customize the settings for the Preferred Applications preference tool in the following functional areas.

10.5.1. Web Browser Settings

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.

Figure 10.4. Web Browser Tabbed Section in the Preferred Applications Preference Tool

Preferred Applications preference tool, Web Browser tabbed section. The context describes the graphic.

Table 10.4 lists the preferred web browser settings that you can configure.

Table 10.4. 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.

10.5.2. Text Editor Settings

Use the Text Editor tabbed section to configure your preferred text editor.

Figure 10.5. Text Editor Tabbed Section in the Preferred Applications Preference Tool

Preferred Applications preference tool, Text Editor tabbed section. The context describes the graphic.

Table 10.5 lists the preferred text editor settings that you can configure.

Table 10.5. Settings for Preferred Text Editor

Option

Function

Select an Editor

Select this option if you want to use a standard text editor. Use the drop-down combination box to specify your preferred text editor.

Custom Editor

Select this option if you want to use a custom text editor. A Custom Editor Properties dialog is displayed.

  • Name: Type the name of the custom text editor.

  • Command: Enter the command to execute to start the custom text editor.

  • This application can open multiple files: Select this option if the default text editor can open multiple files.

  • This application needs to be run in a shell: Select this option to run the command in a terminal window. Select this option for an editor that does not create a window in which to run.

Properties

Click on this button to display the Custom Editor Properties dialog. Use the dialog to modify the properties of the custom text editor.

Use this editor to open text files in the file manager

Select this option if you want the file manager to start the custom text editor to display text files.

10.5.3. Terminal Settings

Use the Terminal tabbed section to configure your preferred terminal.

Figure 10.6. Terminal Tabbed Section in the Preferred Applications Preference Tool

Preferred Applications preference tool, Terminal tabbed section. The context describes the graphic.

Table 10.6 lists the preferred terminal settings that you can configure.

Table 10.6. 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.

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