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List:       mandrake-newbie
Subject:    Re: [newbie] Calling Firefox from Thunderbird
From:       Russell Butler <rjbutler () swiftdsl ! com ! au>
Date:       2004-09-30 12:56:43
Message-ID: 415C028B.6000406 () swiftdsl ! com ! au
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Brandon Rife wrote:
> Russell Butler wrote:
> 
>> Hi all
>> Hopefully a simple question:
>>
>> I have just installed Firefox and Thunderbird on my MK10 setup -KDE 
>> desktop and am most impressed.
>>
>> If there is a web link in an email, clicking on it opens konqueror.  
>> Is there any way to use Firefox as the default agent?
>> I have set Firefox with the default  file association for html, but 
>> konqueror still opens.
>>
>> Thanks for help
>>
>> Russell
>>
> The following works for me in KDE. In your $HOME/.thunderbird/<random 
> chars>.default directory look for a file called user.js (if you see a 
> file called prefs.js you're in the right directory).  If you don't find 
> user.js create it.  Add the following line to user.js
> 
> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox");
> 
> Note that your path to firefox may be different than mine.
> I also had to do something similar to get Thunderbird to handle the 
> mailto protocol inside of Firefox.  In the 
> $HOME/.mozilla/thunderbird/<random chars>.default directory I created a 
> user.js file and added the following line:
> 
> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto", 
> "/opt/thunderbird/thunderbird");
> 
> Good luck!
> Brandon
Thanks Brandon.
That works well. I thought there would be a simple way of linking.
I have just finished setting up an extension called "Linky" which gives 
a right-click option to call browser, download manager, etc., but the 
direct link is much better.

Regards

Russell




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