Firefox3 > Send Link > won't use Thunderbird

Robin Laing Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Mon Jun 23 15:28:13 UTC 2008


Jim wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 14:21 -0400, Jim wrote:
>>  
>>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>>    
>>>> On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 12:04 -0400, Jim wrote:
>>>>        
>>>>> Fc8, Firefox 3
>>>>> When using  File  >  Send Link in Firefox 2 it would open 
>>>>> Thunderbird to send link, but in Firefox3 the feature doesn't work.
>>>>> In /,mozilla/firefox/default/user.js file, to select thunderbird, 
>>>>> but it won't work in Firefox 3.
>>>>> Below is contents of  user.js
>>>>>
>>>>> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto","/usr/bin/thunderbird"); 
>>>>>
>>>>> user_pref("browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs", true);
>>>>>
>>>>> What's different in FF3 ??
>>>>>             
>>>> AFAIK this is a GTK setting, not specific to Firefox (FF uses GTK). Try
>>>> setting TB in the Gnome Preferred Applications dialogue. If you use 
>>>> KDE,
>>>> run gnome-control-center to get to it.
>>>>
>>>> poc
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Sorry about that, I'am running  KDE and I don't have
>>>
>>> gnome-control-center  installed, do you know howto do this in KDE ?
>>> Thanks for your responds.
>>>     
>>
>> No I don't, but note that FF is a GTK application compiled with GTK
>> libraries so KDE has no direct way of controlling it. You could probably
>> edit the gconf files directly, but I don't recommend it. Just run "yum
>> install control-center". It won't get in the way of using KDE.
>>
>> poc
>>
>>   
> Boy that sure is a weird  way of  having to set it up, but that did the 
> trick , Thanks for the help
> Even tho I'm not a Gnome user, I think I'll keep that Gnome-control-center.
> Jim
> 

On F8 I am using the REMI version of Thunderbird and FF3 with no issues 
on KDE.

-- 
Robin Laing




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