Allow xdg-settings to set the default OS handler for url protocols.

scripts/desc/xdg-settings.xml

Index: scripts/desc/xdg-settings.xml
===================================================================
--- scripts/desc/xdg-settings.xml	(revision 84895)
+++ scripts/desc/xdg-settings.xml	(working copy)
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 	<option>property</option>
       </group>
       <group choice="opt">
+        <option>subproperty</option>
+      </group>
+      <group choice="opt">
 	<option>value</option>
       </group>
     </cmdsynopsis>
@@ -108,6 +111,19 @@
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
   </refsect1>
+  <refsect1 id="properties">
+    <title>Properties</title>
+    <para>
+      When using xdg-settings to get, check or set a destkop setting, properties
+      and possibly sub-properties are used to specify the setting to be changed.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      Some properties (such as default-web-browser) fully describe the setting
+      to be changed. Other properties (such as default-url-scheme-handler) require
+      more information (in this case the actual scheme to set the default handler
+      for) which must be provided in a sub-property.
+    </para>
+  </refsect1>
   <refsect1 id="exitcodes">
     <title>Exit Codes</title>
     <para>
@@ -171,5 +187,11 @@
         xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
       </programlisting>
     </para>
+    <para>
+      Set the default mailto URL scheme handler to be evolution.desktop
+      <programlisting>
+        xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler evolution.desktop

[Mike Mammarella, 2011/07/20 00:58:11]

Should there be a mailto in here somewhere?

[benwells, 2011/07/20 04:33:42]

Done.

+      </programlisting>
+    </para>
   </refsect1>
 </refentry>