gnome-default-applications-properUser(gnome-default-applications-properties(1)NAMEgnome-default-applications-properties - configure default GNOME appli‐
cations
SYNOPSISgnome-default-applications-properties [--show-page=page] [gnome-std-
options]
DESCRIPTION
The GNOME preferred applications preference tool enables you to specify
the applications that you would like to use when particular types of
programs are to be started. 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 Termi‐
nal" in the Desktop Background menu, the xterm(1) application will be
started.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-p, --show-page=page Specify the page, or tab, to display.
The value can be: internet, multimedia,
system, or a11y.
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-propertiesEXIT 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 │gnome/preferences/control-center │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│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, updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems
Inc., 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009.
SunOS 5.11 19 Ngnome-default-applications-properties(1)