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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)