Set up default apps

Hi...
Could someone please let me know how to set up default apps ?
(Arch 0.7 / Xfce 4.2)
I've tried to edit ~/.bashrc (for firefox only) but no succes... : (
export BROWSER='firefox'
Thanks in advance for help...
Would be great to get info for main apps (evolution, ff, oo, etc...)
Bye

Hi...
Thanks for help miqorz...
unforunately, no change... : (
as there is no stupid question in the newbie area, is there any issue w/ the " or ' ?
i've seen something somewhere looking like BROWSER='firefox' &
you wrote "firefox"... anyway, i've tried both but...
btw, as i don't have any idea of what it means, ~/.bashrc contains the following :
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
PS1='[u@h W]$ '
doesn't look like browser related but ...
thanks in advance
cheers
m

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