Thunderbird and extensions

[Paul Smith]

On 9/6/05, "‡ø®a Wei-Yee Chan (Made in Chinar)" <survivor at brisnet.org> wrote:
> > I know it's obvious - but - did you restart Thunderbird after install?
> 
> Well, he did state that he restarted Thunderbird, so I'd have to take
> his word for it.  Also, what Paul suspected is unlikely, as one does not
> need to be root to install the Calendar extension.  Extensions are
> installed in the user's home directory, so they do not require root
> privilege.  In fact, I installed it on my own system, without being
> root.  So, I guess that pretty much narrows down the reasons why Peter
> isn't seeing any extensions.

I think you cannot install other spell-checker beyond the default one
without being root. Try it! Unless, your thunderbird installation is
local, done without any rpm.

Paul