![]() ![]() In gconf-editor, navigate to /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto and set the command key to gmail_link_select_browser "%s" Open up a terminal and type gconf-editor & Go to Applications > System Tools > Configuration Editor (if there is no such menu item, enable it in System > Preferences > Menu Layout) or Gmail_link_select_browser "%s"Alternate method: Gnome users: Launch System > Preferences > Preferred Applications and set the mail reader to Custom. If you use a webmail provider other than Gmail (the default), see the section "Enabling Other Webmail Services" below. Make sure that each of the files is executable. However, I'm not going to take the space to document that here. Note: You can forget about this dependency if you don't use the file gmail_link_select_browser. You can add my repo to /etc/apt/sources.list so that you'll automatically get any updates (see instructions on the site) or you can install just the p-shortcut deb. Grab p-shortcut from my repository () and install it. If you put them somewhere else, adjust the instructions accordingly.) (Note: In these instructions, I'm assuming that you're installing the files in /usr/local/bin. I suggest putting them in /usr/local/bin. If something doesn't work in your non-Gnome environment of choice, I probably don't know how to fix it, but I'd be glad to include your solution in this post (hint, hint).ĭownload the attached file (gmail_link-1.5.tar.gz), extract it, and dump the files somewhere in your PATH. Note that I'm a Gnome user, so I'm not familiar with KDE or XFCE. Version 1.5 includes correct (I hope) support for Hotmail, thanks to ljungkvist.įirefox users should see the "Firefox Extensions" section below for alternative methods that you might prefer.įor those of you who prefer German over English, sputnikrock has posted instructions in German (). Note: I've only tested this with Gmail and Yahoo! Mail as they're the only two webmails that I have accounts with. The scripts can be easily extended to use other webmail services. They also support Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail,, Netscape Mail, Opera Mail, Horde, and Squirrel Mail. So, I wrote a set of scripts that make e-mail links open up in Gmail, instead. As a Gmail user, I was annoyed by Evolution or Thunderbird popping up every time I clicked on a mailto link. ![]()
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