[Solved]Skype opens files in FireFox

Hi!
How do i set skype to open the incoming files in my Thunar? It opens everything in Firefox. I use OpenBox without any DEs.
Last edited by K0tuk (2009-05-05 06:25:37)

K0tuk wrote:Hm... the first solution doesn`t work for me, but the 2nd one does. Thanks for your help!
I guess that the first solution does not work because you are not starting openbox-session but just bare openbox.
The autostart.sh script is started by openbox-session command but not by openbox command.
If you don't use gdm replace:
exec openbox
with
exec openbox-session
in your .xinitrc file and then also the first solution will work.
The first solution is better because you can start skype from gmrun, launchy or by an icon launcher and it will always open your home folder with thunar.
The alias skype='DE=xfce skype' works only if you start skype from bash.
For more information: http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Help:Autostart
Last edited by ArchArael (2009-05-05 07:50:28)

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