my stupid users trick -- the Firefox issue from earlier this month.wq

[Ahmad Samir]

On 25 March 2014 21:27, g <geleem at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> On 03/25/14 23:17, Ahmad Samir wrote:
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>> On 25 March 2014 18:00, g <geleem at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> <<>>
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>>> maybe in your experiences, but mine has been just to rename
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>>> users's ".mozilla" directory and when firefox was called,
>>> firefox created a new ".mozilla" directory.
>>>
>>>
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>> A Firefox profile directory is ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile_dir> ,
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>> c.f.
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>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Linux
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>
> well, excuse my presuming that intelligent linux users, including
> many new linux users, reading my post would know that the
> "_user_profiles_" are in the user's directory, aka, "~". which is
> the *top* _directory_ of the _profile_directory_.
>

Apparently I am not that intelligent. :)

> and to correct what you posted, actual path of to the "<profile_dir>"
> as you put it is;
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>   /home/[username]/.mozilla/firefox/wxzy1234.default/
> aka;
>   ~/.mozilla/firefox/wxzy1234.default/
>
> were in, 'wxyz1234' is a random mix of letters and numbers.
>
> therefore, all a user need do is rename ".mozilla", firefox will
> rebuild entire new path, starting with ".mozilla" in the users
> home directory. it does not have to _pre-exist_.
>
>

As far as a I am concerned, this is not a mudslinging contest, it's
about helping a user who posted about a problem with an application
he's using.

A Firefox profile directory is under ~/.mozilla/firefox/ by default,
it can have whatever name you select (you use the Firefox profile
manager to create it manually or edit ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini
manually). You can also edit ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini and set
an absolute path to the profile directory in any other location.

Now, can we get back on topic ( "a user has a problem with firefox not
closing cleanly when all its windows are closed")?

> btw, in your haste to correct me, i do notice that you did not
> get far enough into my post to see the following:
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>>> btw, you will not hurt my feelings, and i doubt any of followers
>>> of this list if you would cut the 'dead wood' when you reply.
>>>
>>> thank you.
>
> =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
>

I replied two hours later and I did read that but I thought you were
talking about the above quotes.

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-- 
Ahmad Samir