I have not tested this but one possible way would be to do something like the following:
and add the following lines to ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
gnome-default-applications-properties
gnome-default-applications-properties(1) User Commands gnome-default-applications-properties(1)NAME
gnome-default-applications-properties - set your default applications
SYNOPSIS
gnome-default-applications-properties [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The Preferred Applications preference tool allows you to specify the applications that you'd like 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 Back-
ground menu and choose New Terminal, Xterm starts.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the Preferred Applications preference tool
example% gnome-default-applications-properties
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-default-aExecutablesforoPreferred Applications preferences tool
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gnome-control-center(1), gnome-std-options(5)NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 2 Oct 2003 gnome-default-applications-properties(1)