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xdg-settings — Manage settings of XDG-compatible desktop environments. More information: <https://portland.freedesk

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Problem

How to use the xdg-settings command: Manage settings of XDG-compatible desktop environments. More information: <https://portland.freedesktop.org/doc/xdg-settings.html>.

Solution

xdg-settings — Manage settings of XDG-compatible desktop environments. More information: <https://portland.freedesktop.org/doc/xdg-settings.html>.

Print the default web browser:

xdg-settings get default-web-browser

Set the default web browser to Firefox:

xdg-settings set default-web-browser {{firefox.desktop}}

Set the default mail URL scheme handler to Evolution:

xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler mailto {{evolution.desktop}}

Set the default PDF document viewer:

xdg-settings set {{pdf-viewer.desktop}}

Display help:

xdg-settings --help

Code Snippets

Print the default web browser

xdg-settings get default-web-browser

Set the default web browser to Firefox

xdg-settings set default-web-browser {{firefox.desktop}}

Set the default mail URL scheme handler to Evolution

xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler mailto {{evolution.desktop}}

Set the default PDF document viewer

xdg-settings set {{pdf-viewer.desktop}}

Display help

xdg-settings --help

Context

tldr-pages: linux/xdg-settings

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