Add %s to the command in the Gnome url handlers....

third_party/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-settings.in

 #!/bin/sh
 #---------------------------------------------
 #   xdg-settings
 #
 #   Utility script to get various settings from the desktop environment.
 #
 #   Refer to the usage() function below for usage.
 #
 #   Copyright 2009, Google Inc.
 #
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     exit_success
 }
 
 set_browser_gnome()
 {
     binary="`desktop_file_to_binary "$1"`"
     [ "$binary" ] || exit_failure_file_missing
     set_browser_mime "$1" || return
 
     # Set the default browser.
     gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec "$binary"

[Evan Stade, 2009/10/14 19:04:37]

why no %U here?

[Lei Zhang, 2009/10/14 19:42:38]

Because it's %s on Gnome. I'll change kde to use %U too. See
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Setting_Your_Default_Browser

[Evan Stade, 2009/10/14 19:50:41]

well, you didn't put %s either

[Lei Zhang, 2009/10/14 20:24:22]

It doesn't do that either if you set a browser as the default in the UI.
Gnome-open only looks at the url-handlers, it seems.

[Mike Mammarella, 2009/10/15 02:13:48]

Yeah, when you have a URL to open it should only look at the URL handler. This
key is used to open "a web browser" without any particular URL in mind. At
least, that's what I remember being the case when I wrote this.

     gconftool-2 --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/needs_term false
     gconftool-2 --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/nremote true
     # Set the handler for HTTP and HTTPS.
     for protocol in http https; do
-        gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/$protocol/command "$binary"
+        gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/$protocol/command "$binary %s"
         gconftool-2 --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/$protocol/needs_terminal false
         gconftool-2 --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/$protocol/enabled true
     done
     # Set the handler for about: and unknown URL types.
     for protocol in about unknown; do
-        gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/$protocol/command "$binary"
+        gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/$protocol/command "$binary %s"
     done
 }
 
 # }}} GNOME
 # {{{ xfce
 
 get_browser_xfce()
 {
     search="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}:${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:-/etc/xdg}"
     IFS=:
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     ;;
 
     generic)
     dispatch_generic "$@"
     ;;
 
     *)
     exit_failure_operation_impossible "unknown desktop environment"
     ;;
 esac