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From: Sebastian Rose <sebastian_rose@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: How to setup xdg for org-protocol ?
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:28:29 +0200
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To: Julien Fantin <julien.fantin@gmail.com>
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Julien Fantin <julien.fantin@gmail.com> writes:
> I've been struggling this morning trying to get org-protocol setup on my
> linux box (via http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-protocol.php)
>
> I can't get a web-browser to register org-protcol with emacsclient, as I'm
> not using a desktop environment (plain startx and openbox), I'm pretty sure
> this is an xdg config issue.
> However, despite reading through the specs I couldn't fathom the proper
> settings.
>
> In chromium, the external application comes up, and calls xdg-open
> org-protocol://subprotocol/... which ends up firing a new chromium frame
>
> In firefox, I've tried setting network.protocol-handler.app.org-protocol to
> an empty string or my emacsclient path, anyhow I get the following error
> message :
> "Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol
> (org-protocol) isn't associated with any program" without showing any
> external application selection  dialog.


Hi Julien,


see
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Register_protocol#All_Firefox_versions_.28requires_certain_Gnome_libraries_to_be_installed.29 



HTH

  Sebastian