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    From Brad Rogers@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 25 11:40:01 2021
    Hello,

    I've recently been trying a few different browsers, altering default
    browser settings via KDE/Plasma settings software.

    I've finally settled on a browser, but some apps, when they call the
    browser, open a page such as; file:///home/brad/.cache/kioexec/krun/49841_0/somepageorother
    rather than
    http://url.of.website/somepageorother
    The number in the 'file:///...' call will be different each time.

    I've ensured that both gnome-browser and x-www-browser point to the
    correct browser, but cannot for the life of me figure out why some calls
    are being mishandled.
    Note: I'm not pointing fingers at KDE/Plasma, it's almost certainly
    something *I've* screwed up.

    My online searches have proved fruitless (clearly my search fu isn't up
    to snuff) and am hopeful that someone far more knowledgeable than I can
    shed some light.

    Using Debian testing, with KDE plasma 5.20 Any help greatly appreciated.

    --
    Regards _
    / ) "The blindingly obvious is
    / _)rad never immediately apparent"
    If you ain't sticking your knives in me, you will be eventually
    Monsoon - Robbie Williams

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  • From luca.pedrielli@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 25 13:00:01 2021
    This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
    I found this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1277683/links-from-apps-always-open-a-file-url I hope it helps.

    Il 25/04/21 11:38, Brad Rogers ha scritto:
    Hello,

    I've recently been trying a few different browsers, altering default
    browser settings via KDE/Plasma settings software.

    I've finally settled on a browser, but some apps, when they call the
    browser, open a page such as; file:///home/brad/.cache/kioexec/krun/49841_0/somepageorother
    rather than
    http://url.of.website/somepageorother
    The number in the 'file:///...' call will be different each time.

    I've ensured that both gnome-browser and x-www-browser point to the
    correct browser, but cannot for the life of me figure out why some calls
    are being mishandled.
    Note: I'm not pointing fingers at KDE/Plasma, it's almost certainly something *I've* screwed up.

    My online searches have proved fruitless (clearly my search fu isn't up
    to snuff) and am hopeful that someone far more knowledgeable than I can
    shed some light.

    Using Debian testing, with KDE plasma 5.20 Any help greatly appreciated.



    --
    Saluti, Luca Pedrielli


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    found this:</span></span><span class="JLqJ4b"
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    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1277683/links-from-apps-always-open-a-file-url">https://askubuntu.com/questions/1277683/links-from-apps-always-open-a-file-url</a><br>
    I hope it helps.<br>
    <br>
    Il 25/04/21 11:38, Brad Rogers ha scritto:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite"
    cite="mid:20210425103850.2726e2ea@earth.stargate.org.uk">
    <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Hello,

    I've recently been trying a few different browsers, altering default
    browser settings via KDE/Plasma settings software.

    I've finally settled on a browser, but some apps, when they call the
    browser, open a page such as;
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="file:///home/brad/.cache/kioexec/krun/49841_0/somepageorother">file:///home/brad/.cache/kioexec/krun/49841_0/somepageorother</a>
    rather than
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://url.of.website/somepageorother">http://url.of.website/somepageorother</a>
    The number in the '<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="file:///">file:///</a>...' call will be different each time.

    I've ensured that both gnome-browser and x-www-browser point to the
    correct browser, but cannot for the life of me figure out why some calls
    are being mishandled.
    Note: I'm not pointing fingers at KDE/Plasma, it's almost certainly
    something *I've* screwed up.

    My online searches have proved fruitless (clearly my search fu isn't up
    to snuff) and am hopeful that someone far more knowledgeable than I can
    shed some light.

    Using Debian testing, with KDE plasma 5.20 Any help greatly appreciated.

    </pre>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    <br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
    Saluti, Luca Pedrielli </pre>
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  • From Brad Rogers@21:1/5 to luca.pedrielli on Sun Apr 25 15:40:01 2021
    On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 12:56:01 +0200
    "luca.pedrielli" <agoiza@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hello luca.pedrielli,

    I found this: >https://askubuntu.com/questions/1277683/links-from-apps-always-open-a-file-url >I hope it helps.

    Thanks for that, Luca. I'd not seen that before - like I said, search fu failure :) - layout and options appear to differ between Debian and
    (K)Ubuntu. Eventually figured out where the "Alway use..." option is and
    chose it, but doing that made no difference; http calls are still going
    to file:///etc...

    It's not a major problem, I can work around it by copying link, then
    pasting into browser tab. My search continues.

    Again, thanks for the link.

    --
    Regards _
    / ) "The blindingly obvious is
    / _)rad never immediately apparent"
    Do you want to play?
    Play With Me - Extreme

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  • From luca pedrielli@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 25 15:50:01 2021
    Take a look at your browser.desktop too

    Il dom 25 apr 2021, 15:37 Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> ha scritto:

    On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 12:56:01 +0200
    "luca.pedrielli" <agoiza@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hello luca.pedrielli,

    I found this:

    https://askubuntu.com/questions/1277683/links-from-apps-always-open-a-file-url
    I hope it helps.

    Thanks for that, Luca. I'd not seen that before - like I said, search fu failure :) - layout and options appear to differ between Debian and (K)Ubuntu. Eventually figured out where the "Alway use..." option is and chose it, but doing that made no difference; http calls are still going
    to file:///etc...

    It's not a major problem, I can work around it by copying link, then
    pasting into browser tab. My search continues.

    Again, thanks for the link.

    --
    Regards _
    / ) "The blindingly obvious is
    / _)rad never immediately apparent"
    Do you want to play?
    Play With Me - Extreme


    <div dir="auto"><div>Take a look at your browser.desktop too<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il dom 25 apr 2021, 15:37 Brad Rogers &lt;<a href="mailto:brad@fineby.me.uk">brad@fineby.me.uk</a>&gt; ha scritto:<br></div><
    blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 12:56:01 +0200<br>
    &quot;luca.pedrielli&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:agoiza@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">agoiza@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>

    Hello luca.pedrielli,<br>

    &gt;I found this:<br>
    &gt;<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1277683/links-from-apps-always-open-a-file-url" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://askubuntu.com/questions/1277683/links-from-apps-always-open-a-file-url</a><br>
    &gt;I hope it helps.<br>

    Thanks for that, Luca.  I&#39;d not seen that before - like I said, search fu<br>
    failure :) - layout and options appear to differ between Debian and<br> (K)Ubuntu. Eventually figured out where the &quot;Alway use...&quot; option is and<br>
    chose it, but doing that made no difference;  http calls are still going<br> to file:///etc...<br>

    It&#39;s not a major problem, I can work around it by copying link, then<br> pasting into browser tab.  My search continues.<br>

    Again, thanks for the link.<br>

    -- <br>
     Regards  _<br>
             / )           &quot;The blindingly obvious is<br>
            / _)rad        never immediately apparent&quot;<br>
    Do you want to play?<br>
    Play With Me - Extreme<br>
    </blockquote></div></div></div>

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  • From Brad Rogers@21:1/5 to luca pedrielli on Sun Apr 25 16:40:02 2021
    On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:44:10 +0200
    luca pedrielli <agoiza@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hello luca,

    Take a look at your browser.desktop too

    Luca, thanks! :-)

    There were several entries for the browser in .local/share/applications/
    for the browser, all with /slightly/ different names. No doubt leading
    to some confusion.

    What I did was remove them all, and then I added my browser to the
    Plasma Kicker (if that's what it's still called), which generated the
    correct .desktop file. I then had to tweak a couple of file associations
    in System Settings, but now I'm set.

    Again, my thanks.

    --
    Regards _
    / ) "The blindingly obvious is
    / _)rad never immediately apparent"
    Success defined by acquisition stinks
    Money is Not Our God - Killing Joke

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