Thunderbird 3 (Shredder) How to get it to open links in firefox.SOLVED

MillTek · 2009-12-12 07:08:05

Hi,
Does anyone know how to get Shredder to do this?? Nothing I've tried seems to work.

I've tried various settings in the config file. (Mainly the network.protocol-handler settings.)

All advice welcome.

Last edited by MillTek (2009-12-12 15:55:05)

samjh · 2009-12-12 07:11:53

It works fine for me (ie. Shredder opens web links using Firefox). Have you checked your system settings to see whether Firefox is your preferred application for the web?

MillTek · 2009-12-12 07:13:52

samjh wrote:

It works fine for me (ie. Shredder opens web links using Firefox). Have you checked your system settings to see whether Firefox is your preferred application for the web?

Which system setting specifically??

Thanks

samjh · 2009-12-12 07:21:25

If you're using Gnome, you can set it by clicking on System -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications, then choose the web browser from the drop-down list or type a custom command in the Command field. There is a similar setting in KDE's system settings applet.

tomk · 2009-12-12 08:19:57

MillTek wrote:

I've tried various settings in the config file. (Mainly the network.protocol-handler settings.)

These settings work for me - network.protocol-handler.app.http(s) set to firefox. I've had this in place for years, through numerous tb versions, with no problems.

MillTek · 2009-12-12 15:54:14

Ok. I re-examined the network.protocol-handler settings in the config and founsome of the 'expose' options set to false. Setting them to false and re-executing TB made it ask which program to use to open embedded links.

Thanks guys.

patrickthebold · 2009-12-14 04:29:48

MillTek wrote:

Ok. I re-examined the network.protocol-handler settings in the config and founsome of the 'expose' options set to false. Setting them to false and re-executing TB made it ask which program to use to open embedded links.

Thanks guys.

Hi I'm having a similar problem everything that says expose is set to true and its still doesn't work. Any other ideas?

MillTek · 2009-12-14 04:54:38

patrickthebold wrote:

MillTek wrote:
Ok. I re-examined the network.protocol-handler settings in the config and founsome of the 'expose' options set to false. Setting them to false and re-executing TB made it ask which program to use to open embedded links.

Thanks guys.
Hi I'm having a similar problem everything that says expose is set to true and its still doesn't work. Any other ideas?

OK. Apart from setting the network-protocol-handler.expose.* to all being true I set network.protocol-handler.app.http to where my firefox executable is (/usr/lib/firefox-3.5/firefox). I also set it up in others as well;
network.protocol-handler.app.http string /usr/lib/firefox-3.5/firefox
network.protocol-handler.external.ftp string /usr/lib/firefox-3.5/firefox
network.protocol-handler.external.http string /usr/lib/firefox-3.5/firefox
network.protocol-handler.external.https string /usr/lib/firefox-3.5/firefox

That's what worked for me - exactly.

Last edited by MillTek (2009-12-14 06:42:27)

SZoPer · 2009-12-14 19:35:52

If none of the above work for you, like it didn't for me, try with network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http(s) = true. Setting this key will force "Open with..." dialog when you click on a hyperlink for the first time.

patrickthebold · 2009-12-14 21:59:32

SZoPer wrote:

If none of the above work for you, like it didn't for me, try with network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http(s) = true. Setting this key will force "Open with..." dialog when you click on a hyperlink for the first time.

That worked thanks.

sputnick · 2010-03-02 17:17:26

SZoPer wrote:

If none of the above work for you, like it didn't for me, try with network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http(s) = true. Setting this key will force "Open with..." dialog when you click on a hyperlink for the first time.

\0/ woot !

I have this as a browser wrapper :

#!/bin/bash

if pgrep &>/dev/null iron; then
    iron "$@"
elif pgrep &>/dev/null firefox; then
    firefox -remote "openurl($1,new-tab)"
elif pgrep &>/dev/null opera; then
    opera "$@"
else
    DISPLAY=:0 zenity --error --title ERR --text "No browser available..."
    exit 1
fi

Skatox · 2010-03-15 13:43:46

SZoPer wrote:

If none of the above work for you, like it didn't for me, try with network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http(s) = true. Setting this key will force "Open with..." dialog when you click on a hyperlink for the first time.

Thanks! This was the solution for me.

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Thunderbird 3 (Shredder) How to get it to open links in firefox.SOLVED

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