Man page 1 : xdg-settings

xdg-settings - get various settings from the desktop environment

xdg-settings {\fBget\fR | \fBcheck\fR | \fBset\fR} {property} [value] xdg-settings {--help | --list | --manual | --version}

xdg-settings gets various settings from the desktop environment. For instance, desktop environments often provide proxy configuration and default web browser settings. Using xdg-settings these parameters can be extracted for use by applications that do not use the desktop environment\*(Aqs libraries (which would use the settings natively).

xdg-settings is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use xdg-settings as root.

--help
    Show command synopsis.

--list
    List all properties xdg-settings knows about.

--manual
    Show this manualpage.

--version
    Show the xdg-utils version information.

An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:

1
    Error in command line syntax.

2
    One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.

3
    A required tool could not be found.

4
    The action failed.

Get the desktop file name of the current default web browser


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       xdg-settings get default-web-browser

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Check whether the default web browser is firefox.desktop, which can be false even if "get default-web-browser" says that is the current value (if only some of the underlying settings actually reflect that value)


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       xdg-settings check default-web-browser firefox.desktop

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Set the default web browser to google-chrome.desktop


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       xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop

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Mike Mammarella
    Author.

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