[NBLUG/talk] Setting default browser

[Bill Kendrick]

On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 09:34:50AM -0700, Nat W. wrote:
> I don't know about KDE, but in gnome its under desktop>preferences>advanced
> in there a desktop program slector thingy. You can set what your default
> browser and terminal are. Also in firefox's option page there should be a
> setting to make firefox the default browser

How is this actually facilitated on a system?  Back in the day, I learned
about the "$EDITOR" env. variable, which is used by a lot of apps, and
I never understood why we didn't get a "$BROWSER" one. ;)

-bill!