flatpaks for default applications

[seasoned_geek]

Almost finished setting up the latest MXLinux on a z2g4 hp desktop.

The FAQ/Documentation needs a bit of help with respect to flatpaks as default applications.
To set Vivaldi as default browser (nobody actually uses Firefox except to download other browsers) the following works.

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flatpak run com.vivaldi.Vivaldi --new-tab "%s"

When reading email in Betterbird one can click a link and it launches properly.

mailto is a different story. Web searches show it to be expert friendly

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flatpak run eu.betterbird.Betterbird -compose -to=%1 -subject=%2 "%s"

that will cause bb to open a write window, but I cannot for the life of me find what variables to use for -to= and -subject=

Somebody set this up for Thunderbird, so they should know. I'm sure it will seem horribly obvious once someone responds to this post.

Suggestion for MXLinux: Since you support flatpaks with gui tools, why not support them in Default Applications. They should just appear in the list like the native apps and all the magic "just happens" like it does for the native apps.

[Stevo]

They are magically bloated in size compared to natively built applications, though.

[siamhie]

Suggestion for MXLinux: Since you support flatpaks with gui tools, why not support them in Default Applications. They should just appear in the list like the native apps and all the magic "just happens" like it does for the native apps.

Flatpaks are applications that are sandboxed from the system. You can simply create shortcuts to your flatpak application.

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flatpak run [OPTION...] REF [ARG...]

https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/flat ... latpak-run

[Stevo]

There's also the question if flatpaks are available for all of our supported CPU architectures.

[chrispop99]

(nobody actually uses Firefox except to download other browsers)

What?!!!

I have used Firefox almost since its inception and seen no reason to do otherwise. I maintain several MX Linux systems for others, who are also perfectly happy with Firefox.

Chris

[Eadwine Rose]

"(nobody actually uses Firefox except to download other browsers)"

@seasoned_geek

[asqwerth]

I use Firefox on all my distros, on all my machines.

They are all natively packaged in each of the distros I use.

[seasoned_geek]

"(nobody actually uses Firefox except to download other browsers)"

@seasoned_geek

Wish that guy would also have one made for Firefox.

Too bad nobody seems to know the command line variable/parameter names mailto: passes to email client though.

[seasoned_geek]

Suggestion for MXLinux: Since you support flatpaks with gui tools, why not support them in Default Applications. They should just appear in the list like the native apps and all the magic "just happens" like it does for the native apps.

Flatpaks are applications that are sandboxed from the system. You can simply create shortcuts to your flatpak application.

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flatpak run [OPTION...] REF [ARG...]

https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/flat ... latpak-run

Thank you for your reply, that, however, is not the question.

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-to=%1 -subject=%2 "%s"

What are the variable names passed from a Web browser to the default email application? Some would call them the tags assigned to the parameter values. I'm looking for what gets placed after the =
Can't find that documented anywhere.

This isn't a flatpak question as much as an application interface question. The exact same placeholder tags get passed to the default Thunderbird command line but I cannot see that command line in the GUI default applications tool. You just choose Thunderbird and magic happens under the hood. I need to see the magic.

[FullScale4Me]

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