From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Cor Gest Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Web browser used Date: 14 Jun 2007 12:37:21 +0000 Organization: Clsnet Linux Systems Message-ID: <87zm32empq.fsf@telesippa.clsnet.nl> References: <46713153$0$69886$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181828926 31617 80.91.229.12 (14 Jun 2007 13:48:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:48:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 14 15:48:43 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hypgn-0008QJ-Uh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:48:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hypgn-0000Cd-Jx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:48:41 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.ision.net!newsfeed2.easynews.net!ision!newsfeed.freenet.de!feeder.news-service.com!newsgate.cistron.nl!xs4all!transit4.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Www-Site: http://www.clsnet.nl User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.84.183.106 Original-X-Trace: 1181824727 news.xs4all.nl 322 [::ffff:213.84.183.106]:37101 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:149465 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:48:27 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:45060 Archived-At: Some entity, AKA Cecil Westerhof , wrote this mindboggling stuff: (selectively-snipped-or-not-p) > When I right-click on a link, Emacs tries to start Netscape. This is not on > my system. I like to use FireFox, but I can not find where to change the > browser to use. How do I change the browser? > ;(custom-set-variables ; '(browse-url-browser-function (quote browse-url-generic)) ; '(browse-url-generic-program "dillo") ; or any other ... ; '(browse-url-temp-dir "~/tmp/") apropos RET browse-url RET shouls get you more info about the browse-url customisation group Cor -- (defvar MyComputer '((OS . "GNU/Emacs") (IPL . "GNU/Linux"))) The biggest problem LISP has, is that it does not appeal to dumb people If that fails to satisfy you, start reading the HyperSpec or woman frig mailpolicy @ http://www.clsnet.nl/mail.php