How do I make sure firefox is not accessed everytime I click on software news in the welcome window?

ktarun · February 27, 2023, 11:12am

Whenever I install firefox, I am not able to not make it the default web browser. Trying it through xdg-settings didn’t work nor through the default applications window.

brucehankins · February 27, 2023, 12:00pm

I’d like to know also. I’ve changed my default browser, but it still launches Firefox.

petsam · February 27, 2023, 3:00pm

Unfortunatelly, firefox is used internally in the EnOS applications, as preferred browser before the standard mime configured browser.
I suppose there must be some development/coding reason to do this.
You may create a bug report/request at relevant Github packages, so they can have a motive to change it, when they find some time (and if it is possible) .
Examples:

github.com

endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS/blob/7f0ebbbc41e6925af56bef70e023785026bd81bb/eos-bash-shared/eos-pkg-changelog#L11


      
          #!/bin/bash
          
          
DIE() {
              echo "$progname: error: $1" >&2
              exit 1
          }
          
          
SetBrowser() {    # should use eos_select_browser() instead...
              local browser
          
          
    for browser in $_WELCOME_BROWSER xdg-open exo-open firefox chromium vivaldi-stable opera ; do
                  if [ -x /usr/bin/$browser ] ; then
                      Browser=/usr/bin/$browser
                      return
                  fi
              done
              DIE "$FUNCNAME: cannot find a web browser"
          }
          
          
EosPackages() {
              wget -q -O- https://github.com/endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS | grep ' href="/endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS/tree/master/' | sed 's|.*/tree/master/\([^"]*\).*|\1|' | \

github.com

endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS/blob/dc1c6f70dc008de8d5e69ceee1a715b8b1e7908d/welcome/arm-eos-welcome-installer#L53


      
                      else
                          PROBLEM "${msg}Bailing out.\n"
                          return
                      fi
                  fi
              done
          }
          export -f ARM_installer_in_terminal
          
          
InfoPage() {
              local browser="firefox"
              [ -x /usr/bin/$browser ] || browser="xdg-open"
              $browser https://arm.endeavouros.com/installation
          }
          export -f InfoPage
          
          
Main() {
              source /usr/share/endeavouros/scripts/eos-script-lib-yad || return 1
          
          
    local info_url="https://arm.endeavouros.com/installation"
              local icon=$WELCOME_ICON_INSTALL_OFFICIAL

github.com

endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS/blob/3edfe66e4049b867e2021cb43b869a3170549c16/eos-update-notifier/eos-arch-news#L15


      
          
          
source /usr/share/endeavouros/scripts/eos-script-lib-yad || exit 1
          
          
export -f eos_yad
          
          
ShowAll() {
              echo "Showing all Arch news..." >&2
              local latest="${dates[0]}"
              local browser
          
          
    for browser in firefox chromium xdg-open exo-open ; do
                  if [ -x /usr/bin/$browser ] ; then
                      /usr/bin/$browser "$url" >& /dev/null
                      echo "$latest" > "$latestfile"
                      return
                  fi
              done
              echo "Error: no browser found." >&2
          }
          
          
IsTooEarlyToShowArchNews() {

github.com

endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS/blob/9e38996890b5ce4adb5850fa5cd48544e993875e/eos-bash-shared/eos-script-lib-yad#L153


      
              if [ -n "$_WELCOME_BROWSER" ] ; then
                  if [ -n "$_WELCOME_BROWSER_OPTIONS" ] ; then
                      echo "$_WELCOME_BROWSER $_WELCOME_BROWSER_OPTIONS"
                  else
                      echo "$_WELCOME_BROWSER"
                  fi
                  return
              fi
          
          
    local browser
              for browser in firefox xdg-open exo-open chromium vivaldi-stable opera ; do
                  if (/usr/bin/which "$browser" >& /dev/null) ; then
                      echo "$browser"
                      return
                  fi
              done
              eos_yad_WARN "${FUNCNAME[0]}: cannot find a browser"
          }
          
          
eos_notification() {
              local icon="$1"

github.com

endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS/blob/2bb9445a1ec034a5a015f1bc2f1b94b97ff8e417/eos-pkgbuild-setup/assets.make#L866


      
                                  #$browser "$diff_url" >& /dev/null
                                  ;;
                          esac
                      fi
                      ;;
              esac
          }
          
          
Browser() {
              local browser
              if [ -x /usr/bin/firefox ] ; then
                  browser=/usr/bin/firefox
              elif [ -x /usr/bin/chromium ] ; then
                  browser=/usr/bin/chromium
              else
                  browser=/usr/bin/xdg-open
              fi
              $browser "$@"
          }
          
          
ShowAurDiffs() {

github.com

endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS/blob/46100fa469e5714ad67cab03925d48255f85e511/welcome/welcome#L411


      
                  )
              fi
          }
          export -f MirrorRankingButtons
          
          
INSTALL() {
            local handle="$1"
            local tabnum="$2"
            local _exclamation='&#33;'   # '!'
            local btdoc="https://discovery.endeavouros.com/bluetooth/bluetooth/2021/03"
            local INSTALLER_BROWSER=firefox
          
          
  local tabcontents=(
                eos_yad --align-buttons --use-interp
                --plug="$handle" --tabnum="$tabnum" --form  --columns=2
                --image=$WELCOME_ICON_INSTALL_OFFICIAL                       # $WELCOME_ICON_INSTALL_TAB
                --text="<b>$(ltr ins_text)</b>" --text-align=left
          
          
      --field=" $(ltr ins_start)!$WELCOME_ICON_INSTALL_OFFICIAL!$(ltr ins_starttip)":fbtn                   "eos-install-mode-run-calamares '$lang' ''"
                --field=" $(ltr install_community)!$WELCOME_ICON_INSTALL_COMMUNITY!$(ltr install_community_tip)":fbtn "eos-install-mode-run-calamares '$lang' community"
                --field=" EndeavourOS ARM Image Installer!calamares!Start installing EndeavourOS ARM edition":fbtn    "arm-eos-welcome-installer"

manuel · February 27, 2023, 8:17pm

Just updated package eos-bash-shared to version 23-4.

With this version you can configure which web browser to use in welcome and some other EOS apps (not all EOS apps support this yet).

File /etc/eos-script-lib-yad.conf has a new configuration EOS_PREFERRED_BROWSERS where you can list web browsers in your favorite order. First in the list it the most preferred, and you can list your favorite browser there as well.

To see the new list in that file, you need to merge the related changes from the end of file
/etc/eos-script-lib-yad.conf.pacnew.
You can do the merging e.g. with this command:

sudo meld /etc/eos-script-lib-yad.conf /etc/eos-script-lib-yad.conf.pacnew

or

su -c "meld /etc/eos-script-lib-yad.conf /etc/eos-script-lib-yad.conf.pacnew"

petsam · February 27, 2023, 8:46pm

Why not KISS?
Is it not simpler to let the system/user mime settings to handle the browser?

Even if you have the good intention to help/simplify the default browser setting for the user (especially for WMs, or DEs without a specific method), you could apply the setting (default browser) to the local mimeapps.list .

Sorry for my boldess. I have just been messing with those issues for my own development projects .

manuel · February 27, 2023, 8:53pm

Exactly. And that’s why the default choice in the new browser list is xdg-open.
So if you already have apps and mime types working, then this should be OK by default.

Only if you want to configure this manually, there’s a way to do it as well.

system · March 2, 2023, 10:18am

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