[SOLVED] Pidgin - Browser

[Just17]

Is there a simple means of directing Pidgin to use a specific browser to open links/videos/etc that are sent in an IM?

Thanks.


EDIT

ANS:
            Use the manual entry in Preferences - Browser rather than a selection from the drop-down box.

[AS]

Is there a simple means of directing Pidgin to use a specific browser to open links/videos/etc that are sent in an IM?

Thanks.

In Pidgin -> Tools -> Preferences you can choose Browser = [FF | Chromium | ... ]  and Open link in [ Browser default ]

Can work for you ?

AS

[Just17]

Is there a simple means of directing Pidgin to use a specific browser to open links/videos/etc that are sent in an IM?

Thanks.

In Pidgin -> Tools -> Preferences you can choose Browser = [FF | Chromium | ... ]  and Open link in [ Browser default ]

Can work for you ?

AS

Browser is presently set as konqueror, but everything opens in Firefox .......  and I want to arrange it so everything opens in Iron  

I will try putting in a manual command to see if something will change .....  but it should be opening Konqueror at present and it is not.

Thanks  

EDIT:
             Using Manual it now launches Iron Browser ......  thanks  

But it does not open the link ......   what should be used after the command to open the link clicked? ......  have tries  %s .....  but doesn't seem to work .....

[Old-Polack]

Just18:

I have mine set to Opera, and Open link in: Browser default. It works as expected for me.

[Just17]

For some reason here it does not work as anticipated.

I don't have Opera ......  I do have Konqueror and Firefox and Iron ......  the first two are listed in the drop-down box.

Have you tried a non-default browser?

Konqueror does not launch if selected there.

If I use the manual box Konqueror does launch as expected.

Iron launches also ......  but does not open the URL ......  I get the default page!

I have tried various commands to no avail.

I then notice that the same behaviour is exhibited by Iron when clicking links from anywhere, so the Iron problem is a separate thing.

I can mark the original problem solved ......  it now launches Iron, although for some reason it is not in the drop-down box, and Konqueror does not launch from there anyway, so probably Iron wouldn't even if it was there.

Regards.

[Just17]

AS has passed me something to try ........  and it has worked!    ......  in all situations ...

I changed the command to the following ....

/usr/lib/iron-browser/iron %s

Now the URL opens in the browser when a link is clicked on -- in all situations I have tried.

So I have edited the menu entry for Iron and all is good


Thanks AS 

[AS]

You are welcome! 

The problem with iron is that iron-browser is a shell script:

iron-browser:

#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/lib/iron-browser
exec ./iron

Although some parameter is passed to ' iron-browser ', this is actually ignored from the script 
Either it is possible to use the real binary: /usr/lib/iron-browser/iron [ URL ] or the script should be changed to process the arguments, as follow:

#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/lib/iron-browser
exec ./iron $*

AS

[Just17]

Thanks for the explanation