browser - How can I make Emacs Org-mode open links to sites in Google Chrome?

Question

Google Chrome is set as the default browser. However, it opens links in Firefox, which is undesired.

How can I make Org-mode to open links in Google Chrome?

Answer 1

Emacs 23.2 doesn't directly support Google Chrome, but it does support a "generic" browser, and something like this should work:

(setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-generic
      browse-url-generic-program "chromium-browser")

You don't mention your OS, but if it's Windows or Mac, you can try:

(setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-default-windows-browser)
(setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-default-macosx-browser)

And, if that doesn't work, there are other folks who have implemented 'browse-url-chrome. Google turned up the following link:

• http://code.ohloh.net/search?s=browse-url-chrome&browser=Default