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firefox and thunderbird don't play well together anymore
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| I upgraded from Redhat 9 to Fedora 8, but afterwords the links from one
were not opening the other application. After some googling, I created
user.js with the following contents:
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/* Open Thunderbird hyperlinks in Mozilla Firefox */
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/bin/firefox");
/* Mailto: hyperlinks in Firefox, launch Thunderbird */
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto", "/usr/bin/thunderbird");
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Links in thunderbird now open firefox, but mailto links in firefox
don't open a thunderbird write window. Am I missing something here?
Why do I need the user.js file with fedora 8 when Redhat 9 worked fine
without it?
Thanks,
-- Wayne.
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| Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo 2007-12-21, 1:11 pm |
| wayne wrote:
> I upgraded from Redhat 9 to Fedora 8, but afterwords the links from one
> were not opening the other application. After some googling, I created
> user.js with the following contents:
>
> =================
> /* Open Thunderbird hyperlinks in Mozilla Firefox */
> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox");
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> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/bin/firefox");
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> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/bin/firefox");
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> /* Mailto: hyperlinks in Firefox, launch Thunderbird */
> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto", "/usr/bin/thunderbird");
> ==================
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> Links in thunderbird now open firefox, but mailto links in firefox
> don't open a thunderbird write window. Am I missing something here?
> Why do I need the user.js file with fedora 8 when Redhat 9 worked fine
> without it?
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> Thanks,
>
> -- Wayne.
because in Redhat, both programs were made the default
applications, and for some reason, it changed in the other.
So, in Fedora, make both programs the default. If it
still doesn't work, then reinstall both programs.
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| On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:00:41 -0800, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
> wayne wrote:
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> because in Redhat, both programs were made the default applications, and
> for some reason, it changed in the other.
> So, in Fedora, make both programs the default. If it
> still doesn't work, then reinstall both programs.
Neither one "asked" to be the default and I don't know how to make them
the default.
I just realized that I only put the user.js file in the .thunderbird
default directory. I also put it in the .mozilla/firefox/ default
directory and now everything works.
Thanks,
-- Wayne.
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| Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo 2007-12-21, 7:11 pm |
| wayne wrote:
> Neither one "asked" to be the default and I don't know how to make them
> the default.
for next time:
for TB: Tools, Options, General, and at the top
for FF: Tools, Options, Main, and down at the bottom
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| On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:08:49 -0800, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
> wayne wrote:
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> for next time:
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> for TB: Tools, Options, General, and at the top
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> for FF: Tools, Options, Main, and down at the bottom
Maybe that's part of the problem. I don't have "Options" in my Tools menu
for either FF or TB.
-- Wayne.
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| Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo 2007-12-22, 1:12 pm |
| wayne wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:08:49 -0800, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
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> Maybe that's part of the problem. I don't have "Options" in my Tools menu
> for either FF or TB.
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> -- Wayne.
oh thats right, you're using linux. Then substitute Tools,
Options for Edit, Preferences. Or try Firefox, Options, or
Firefox, Preferences. Look around and you'll find it.
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| On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:17:57 -0800, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
> wayne wrote:
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> oh thats right, you're using linux. Then substitute Tools, Options for
> Edit, Preferences. Or try Firefox, Options, or Firefox, Preferences.
> Look around and you'll find it.
I have been looking around and I cannot find anything about setting
either FF or TB as the default. I'm using thunderbird: version 2.0.0.9
(20071115) and firefox: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US;
rv:1.8.1.10) Gecko/20071213 Fedora/2.0.0.10-3.fc8 Firefox/2.0.0.10
I have seen the default boxes before, I just cannot find them anymore.
-- Wayne.
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| Gunnar Gren 2007-12-25, 1:11 pm |
| wayne skrev:
> I upgraded from Redhat 9 to Fedora 8, but afterwords the links from one
> were not opening the other application. After some googling, I created
> user.js with the following contents:
>
> =================
> /* Open Thunderbird hyperlinks in Mozilla Firefox */
> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox");
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> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/bin/firefox");
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> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/bin/firefox");
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> /* Mailto: hyperlinks in Firefox, launch Thunderbird */
> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto", "/usr/bin/thunderbird");
> ==================
That not working.
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| On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:23:44 +0100, Gunnar Gren wrote:
> wayne skrev:
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> That not working.
It needs to be in the correct directories and thunderbird and firefox have
to be in /usr/bin/ (or modify the script appropriately).
I still don't know why my versions of thunderbird and firefox do not allow
me to set them as defaults.
-- Wayne.
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