gnome-default-applications-properties(1) User Commands gnome-default-applications-properties(1)
NAME
gnome-default-applications-properties - configure default GNOME applications
SYNOPSIS
gnome-default-applications-properties [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The GNOME preferred applications preference tool enables you to specify the applications that you would like the desktop to use when the
desktop starts an application for you. It supports the ability to set your default web browser, mail reader, multimedia player, terminal
program, and accessibility programs. For example, you can specify xterm(1) as your preferred terminal application. Then when you choose
"Open Terminal" in the Desktop Background menu, the xterm(1) application will be started.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the gnome-default-applications-properties 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-applications-properties
Executable for gnome-default-applications-properties
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gnome-control-center(1), xterm(1), attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)
NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006, 2007.
SunOS 5.11 09 Nov 2007 gnome-default-applications-properties(1)